Marcher vs Cavalcade - What's the difference?
marcher | cavalcade |
An inhabitant of a march (border country).
A person who holds lands in such a region.
A company of riders.
A parade.
* 1929 , , Chapter IX, Section iii
A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 (by extension) A series, a chain (e.g. of events).
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),
* 1866 , (Elizabeth Charles), The Draytons and the Davenants , M. W. Dodd,
As nouns the difference between marcher and cavalcade
is that marcher is an inhabitant of a march (border country) while cavalcade is a company of riders.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.marcher
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Earl Marcher * Lord Marcher * Lordship Marcher * marchershipEtymology 2
(march).Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Anagrams
* ----cavalcade
English
("cavalcade" on Wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)- 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, …
citation, passage=Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.}}
- 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, seriesVerb
(cavalcad)page 478:
- Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading , but
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.