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Pageant - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun pageant

is an elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

As a verb pageant

is to exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

pageant

Alternative forms

* pageaunt (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
  • A spectacular ceremony.
  • A beauty pageant.
  • Synonyms

    * (elaborate public display) spectacle * (beauty pageant) beauty pageant

    Derived terms

    * pageantry * beauty pageant

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He pageants us.

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.