Parade
Definition of Parade
Pa`rade´ | n. | 1. | The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. Also called parade ground. | | 2. | (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled. | | 3. | Any imposing procession; the movement of any group of people marshaled in military order, especially a festive public procession, which may include a marching band, persons in varied costume, vehicles with elaborate displays, and other forms of entertainment, held in commemoration or celebration of an event or in honor of a person or persons; as, a parade of firemen; a Thanksgiving Day parade; a Memorial Day parade; a ticker-tape parade. | | 4. | A pompous show; a formal or ostentatious display or exhibition.Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. - Swift. | | 5. | Posture of defense; guard.When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. - Locke. | | 6. | A public walk; a promenade. | | v. t. | 1. | To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off. | | 2. | To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops. | | v. i. | 1. | To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place. | | 2. | To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review or in a public celebratory parade{3}. |
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