motorcade
A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figuresA procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
» The motorcade made its way down Park Street.
Автоколонна прошла вниз по Парковой улице. — caponych
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1 senses(collective)A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
JFK was assassinated in a motorcade.
Autokolonne, Wagenkolonne
автоколо́ннаavtokolónna
a procession of people traveling in motor cars
Examples
3 sentencesThe motorcade made its way down Park Street.
ruАвтоколонна прошла вниз по Парковой улице. — caponych
All traffic was halted to let the presidential motorcade pass.
The motorcade stopped and the politician started shooting at the cheering crowd.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Blend of motor + cavalcade.Blend of motor + cavalcade.
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Forms
plural: motorcades| Singular | motorcade |
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regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.