motorcade

noun

mo·​tor·​cade ˈmō-tər-ˌkād How to pronounce motorcade (audio)
: a procession of motor vehicles
motorcade intransitive verb

Examples of motorcade in a Sentence

the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines
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After Francis' appearance at the hospital, his motorcade of at least seven vehicles left the facility. Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025 Elon Musk Has Been in Close Contact with Vladimir Putin: Report The presidents planned to hold a joint press conference after their private negotiations, but when Zelenskyy's motorcade pulled up to the White House early, it was revealed that the press conference had been called off. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025 Trump, who travels to NYU in a motorcade from his childhood home at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, is among the 64% of the school’s almost 30,000 students who live off campus. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025 In December, O’Brien put out a call to Cybertruck owners, asking them to be part of a special motorcade to escort home an 8-year-old boy from Liberty who was receiving treatment at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motorcade

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motorcade was in 1910

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“Motorcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorcade. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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motorcade

noun
mo·​tor·​cade ˈmōt-ər-ˌkād How to pronounce motorcade (audio)
: a parade of motor vehicles

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