What does "pageant" mean?
Pageant: An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display. The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! Pope. We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.
Additional senses
- 2.Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. "Pageant pomp." Dryden.
- 3.To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] "He pageants us." Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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