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English Dictionary: cavalcade by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cavalcade
n
  1. a procession of people traveling on horseback
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cavalcade \Cav"al*cade`\, n. [F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata,
      fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L.
      caballus an inferior horse, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Cavalier},
      {Cavalry}.]
      A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march
      of horsemen by way of parade.
  
               He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city.
                                                                              --Prescott.
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