Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
PARADE
I. noun see: pare
Date: circa 1656
a pompous show ; exhibition ,
2. the ceremonial formation of a body of troops before a superior officer, a place where troops assemble regularly for parade,
3. an informal procession, a public procession, a usually lengthy array or succession ,
4. a place for strolling, those who promenade,
II. verb (paraded; parading)
Date: 1686
transitive verb to cause to maneuver or march ; marshal , promenade , to exhibit ostentatiously, intransitive verb to march in or as if in a procession, promenade ,
3. show off , masquerade , see: show parader noun