Cavalcaded

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have moved or paraded in a festive procession, often on horseback or in a decorated manner
2. to have gone through a ceremonial riding or display involving a group
3. to have participated in a lively march characterized by celebratory elements and organized movement

Etymology: "Cavalcaded" is the past tense of "cavalcade," and the noun behind it began as something much plainer: a horse ride. The root is Latin "caballus," meaning "horse," which was also the source of the English "cavalry." Medieval Latin formed "caballicare" from it, and Italian turned that into "cavalcare," meaning "to ride on horseback." An Italian "cavalcata" was a group of riders on the move, and that noun passed through Old French as "cavalcade" before English borrowed it from French. Over time the picture shifted from the horsemen themselves to the procession they made. A cavalcade came to mean any parade or train of moving people or vehicles, with the horses often still at its heart. The verb built from it keeps that festive, moving sense: to have taken part in such a parade.