Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cavalcade"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cavalcade
n : a procession of people traveling on horseback
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