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motorcade

[ moh-ter-keyd ]

noun

  1. a procession or parade of automobiles or other motor vehicles.


verb (used without object)

motorcaded, motorcading.
  1. to travel by or in a motorcade.

motorcade

/ ˈəʊəˌɪ /

noun

  1. a parade of cars or other motor vehicles
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of motorcade1

First recorded in 1910–15; motor + -cade
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of motorcade1

C20: from motor + cavalcade
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Foreign journalists remarked that the German people would greet Hitler’s motorcade with wild, almost hysterical enthusiasm; their beaming faces showed something like real love for their leader.

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As the motorcade was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire rang out in the plaza.

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A British man killed in a suspected hit-and-run involving a vehicle in the Kenyan president's motorcade was "incredibly generous" and "always pleasant", a friend has said.

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A British man has been killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle in the motorcade of Kenyan President William Ruto.

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Whether donning a tracksuit to join a fun-run along Windhoek's Independence Avenue, or insisting his driver hang back from official motorcades, he aimed to be a man of the people.

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