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Cavalier vs Cavalcade - What's the difference?

cavalier | cavalcade |

As nouns the difference between cavalier and cavalcade

is that cavalier is a military man serving on horse while cavalcade is a company of riders.

As an adjective cavalier

is not caring enough about something important.

As a verb cavalcade is

to move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion.

cavalier

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not caring enough about something important.
    • The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner.
  • * 2003 , Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything'', ''Black Swan , pg.46:
    • Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those school-room maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one-fifty-thousandth of the way.
  • High-spirited.
  • Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
  • Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A military man serving on horse.
  • A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
  • One of the court party in the time of King Charles I, as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
  • A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
  • A well mannered man; a gentleman.

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    cavalcade

    English

    ("cavalcade" on Wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A company of riders.
  • A parade.
  • * 1929 , , Chapter IX, Section iii
    • In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …
  • A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.}}
  • (by extension) A series, a chain (e.g. of events).
    • 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

    * (company of riders) company * (parade) parade, procession * (series) chain, series

    Verb

    (cavalcad)
  • To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion
  • * 1725 , John Windhus, “A Journey to Mequinez”, in John Pinkerton, The Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels , Volume 15, Longman et al. (1814), page 478:
    • Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading , but
  • * 1866 , (Elizabeth Charles), The Draytons and the Davenants , M. W. Dodd, pages 348–9:
    • although for the most part he believed the devil was too good a general to let his soldiers waste their time in cavalcading about on broom-sticks.
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