cavalcades

Noun

cavalcade (plural cavalcades)

1. (collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
   • To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional...1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, pages 357–358

   Synonyms:

   company

2. A ceremonial parade.
   • For the first three hours all went as well as could be expected, and then an accident happened that nearly lost us the pleasure of the company of our venerable friend Billali, whose litter was leading the cavalcade.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   parade, procession

3. A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
   • Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
4. (broadly) An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.
   • As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus.

   Synonyms:

   chain, series

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