cortège
/kɔːˈteɪʒ
/ /kɔːˈtɛʒ/noun
1A solemn procession, especially for a funeral: a funeral cortège off we sped in the cortège of limousines that had been drawn up on the tarmac...
- A million people lined the route of the funeral cortège while millions more watched on television.
- The funeral cortège was led by a lone piper and flanked by a guard of honour.
- The singer climbs, grim-faced, into the band's chauffeur-driven, black people carrier as though he's about to join a funeral cortège.
Synonyms
procession, parade, cavalcade, motorcade, carcade, convoy, caravan, train, column, file, line, trail, chain, rank, troop;
British march past
British informal crocodile
1.1A person’s entourage or retinue: his entourage became an ever-present cortège wherever he went...
- She had visions of being followed by a cortège who would worship her as a goddess of luck.
Synonyms
entourage, retinue, train, suite, escort, court, company, attendant company;
attendants, aides, associates, companions, followers, retainers
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare 'attend court', from corte 'court', from Latin cohors, cohort- 'retinue'.