Definition of cavalcade

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cav·al·cade    (kvl-kd, kvl-kd) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages.
2. A ceremonial procession or display.
3. A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare, to ride on horseback, from Medieval Latin caballicre, from Latin caballus, horse