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The ground where a military display is held, or where
troops are drilled. |
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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. |
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Pompous show; formal display or exhibition. |
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That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an
imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military
order; as, a parade of firemen. |
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Posture of defense; guard. |
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A public walk; a promenade. |
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To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show
off. |
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To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver
or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops. |
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To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by
walking in a public place. |
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To assemble in military order for evolutions and
inspection; to form or march, as in review. |
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