Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cavalcade

Cavalcade , noun

[French cavalcade, from Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare to go on horseback, from Late Latin caballicare, from Latin caballus an inferior horse, Greek {not transcribed}. Compare Cavalier, Cavalry.]

A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.
He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. — Prescott