cortege

noun

kȯr-ˈtezh How to pronounce cortege (audio)
variants also cortège
Definition of cortegenext
1
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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2
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 The cortege paused at a bridge named after the band Osbourne helped found nearly six decades ago. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 July 2025 The funeral cortege carried a purple floral arrangement that spelled out the Grammy winner’s name on either side, topped off by a purple and black cross. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025 Christopher Furlong/Christopher Furlong Fans hold up flowers and mobile phones prior to Ozzy Osbourne's funeral cortege traveling through his home city of Birmingham on July 30, 2025 in Birmingham, England. — Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 The stream is expected to begin once the cortege reaches the Black Sabbath Bench. — Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cortege
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cortege
  1. entourage
  2. procession
  3. parade
Noun
  • The shooting followed an argument involving rapper Lil Baby’s entourage.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Outside, a throng of revelers were waiting to navigate the same journey as Williams, McRae, and their respective entourages.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of entourage
Noun
  • The matching east-west tennis necklace is particularly interesting, with its procession of rectangular diamonds framed in gold.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
  • It has been revisited by a procession of the Celtic faithful again this week, eager to pay tribute to the 11 men from Glasgow who became the illustrious ‘Lisbon Lions’.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of procession
Noun
  • That would be detectable, too, even if all of the planets don’t actually join the transit parade.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The 76ers hope the list of fiascos ends with James and Brown — and with a parade down Broad Street.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of parade

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“Cortege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cortege. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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