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also cortège
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as in entourage
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person
the movie star's cortege included her hair stylist, makeup artist, personal assistant, and press agent
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as in procession
a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way
the funeral cortege of mourners stretched for three city blocks
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Recent Examples of cortege
Another funeral cortege with three hearses drew up at Beloostrovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg, after it was seen at the manège of the First Cadet Corps, where security guards shooed away journalists and members of the public.
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Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
After a private funeral, the cortege passed slowly through the seaside town where O'Connor had lived.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Aug. 2023
The monarch’s first funerary rites took place in the historic Scottish capital, and thousands lined the rainy route of her cortege to pay respects.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
The sight of the cortege accompanied by massed pipes and drums making its slow march through hedged lanes marked a sharp contrast to the earlier procession through the streets of London past some of the capital's most famous landmarks.
—Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
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Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
After a private funeral, the cortege passed slowly through the seaside town where O'Connor had lived.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Aug. 2023
The monarch’s first funerary rites took place in the historic Scottish capital, and thousands lined the rainy route of her cortege to pay respects.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
The sight of the cortege accompanied by massed pipes and drums making its slow march through hedged lanes marked a sharp contrast to the earlier procession through the streets of London past some of the capital's most famous landmarks.
—Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cortege
Noun
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One of the first notable names to bring an entourage to the Galt House suites in 1972 was then-Ford Motor Co. CEO Henry Ford II, who toured the company's assembly plants in Louisville.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
19 July 2025
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Chesky, however, travels with an entourage: press attachés, a couple of executives, and a guy named Chase, whose job is to fill Chesky’s social-media accounts with humanizing photos of the boss.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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See the fans and family’s reaction to the funeral procession.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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Thousands of fans of Black Sabbath crowded the streets to honor the Prince of Darkness one last time during a funeral procession in Ozzy Osbourne's hometown of Birmingham, England on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.—
Joanna Moriello,
New York Daily News,
30 July 2025
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“Cortege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cortege. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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