n. [ F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare, v. t. ]
In state returned the grand parade. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dress parade,
Undress parade
Parade rest,
v. t.
Parading all her sensibility. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. One who walks with regular or stately step.
A parade to honor a person or persons, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper, confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. The name comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the parade when it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stock tickers became obsolete; in subsequent years other types of waste paper were used to serve the honorary function, as well as paper tape distributed specifically for the purpose of being thrown in such a parade. [ PJC ]