motorcade

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English

Pope Benedict XVI traveling in a motorcade.

Etymology

Blend of motor +‎ cavalcade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌməʊtə(ɹ)ˈkeɪd/, /ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌkeɪd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

motorcade (plural motorcades)

  1. A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
    JFK was assassinated in a motorcade.
    • 1994, Herbert L. Abrams, The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 126:
      The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.

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Verb

motorcade (third-person singular simple present motorcades, present participle motorcading, simple past and past participle motorcaded)

  1. (intransitive) To travel in a motorcade.

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