stoet

Definitions of stoet
  1. noun
    a large number of things or people considered together
    synonyms: drom, heer, heir, horde, leger, legerschaar, legioen, massa, menigte, mensenmassa, mensenmenigte, mensenzee, meute, myriade, schaar, schare, sleep, volk
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    types:
    confituur, jam
    a dense crowd of people
    zwerm
    a moving crowd
    troep
    an orderly crowd
    type of:
    bijeenkomst, bijeenzijn, samenkomst, samenzijn
    a group of persons together in one place
  2. noun
    a procession of people traveling on horseback
    synonyms: carnavalsoptocht, cavalcade, cortège, ruiterstoet
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    type of:
    processie
    the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
  3. noun
    the group following and attending to some important person
    synonyms: cortège, entourage, hofstoet
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    types:
    hof, hofhouding
    the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
    type of:
    bijeenkomst, bijeenzijn, samenkomst, samenzijn
    a group of persons together in one place
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