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pageants

pageants is the plural of pageant.

Meaning of pageant

Noun

pageant (plural pageants)

  1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
    • For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    spectacle
  2. A spectacular ceremony.
  3. (obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

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Phrases with pageants

Questions about pageants

What is pageants the plural of?
Pageants is the plural of pageant.

Words near pageants in the dictionary

  1. pageanting
  2. pageantitis
  3. pageantlike
  4. pageantries
  5. pageantry
  6. pageants
  7. pageaunt
  8. pageaunts
  9. pageboy
  10. pageboys
  11. paged

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