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dress parade

dress parade noun: a military parade in full dress uniform.

dress parade: a military parade in full dress uniform
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Noun

dress parade

  1. A military parade in full dress uniform.
    • The following song was written by Captain Lindley Miller, of the First Arkansas Colored Regiment. Captain Miller says the "boys" sing the song on dress parade with an effect that can hardly be described, and he adds that "while it is not very conservative, it will do to fight with."1864, Lindley Miller, Song of the First of Arkansas
    • Steady and slow, as soldiers go in some serried dress parade,
      With flags a-dance in their cool advance came the gallant gray brigade,1898, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Garden of Years and Other Poems (poem), Gettysburg

Questions about dress parade

What does dress parade mean?
Dress parade means a military parade in full dress uniform.
What part of speech is dress parade?
Dress parade is a noun.

Words near dress parade in the dictionary

  1. dress guard
  2. dress guards
  3. dress off
  4. dress out
  5. dress pants
  6. dress parade
  7. dress rehearsal
  8. dress rehearsals
  9. dress sense
  10. dress senses
  11. dress shield

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