parade

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parade/pəˈreɪd/

▶noun

• 1 a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event.

• 2 a formal march or gathering of troops for inspection or display.

• 3 a series or succession: a parade of celebrities trooped on to his show.

• 4 a boastful or ostentatious display.

• 5 Brit. a public square, promenade, or row of shops.

▶verb

• 1 walk, march, or display in a parade.

• 2 display (something) publicly in order to impress or attract attention: he paraded his knowledge.

• 3 (parade as) masquerade as.

– derivatives
parader noun.

– origin C17: from Fr., lit. ‘a showing’, from Sp. parada and Ital. parata, based on L. parare ‘prepare’.