Thesaurus results for CORTEGE

cortege

noun

kȯr-ˈtezh

variants also cortège

Definition of cortege

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 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

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Davis described the shooting as an act of retaliation after Knight and Shakur’s entourage beat up Davis’ nephew hours before the shooting.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
At eleven-thirty, the rig rolled slowly off the lot and began its stately procession onto Santa Monica Boulevard, surrounded by an entourage of patrol cars.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

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To be the marching band selected to kick off the State Fair parade is something Rosemount students don't take for granted.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
It is widely flown and displayed in parades and other public events by bisexual persons and their friends, families, and supporters.

— Brian Duignan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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