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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
It was estimated that about a million people lined the route of her funeral cortege through London, while another two billion people watched on television.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 28 July 2025
The gig was hazardous and the run could be brief: At least one of the fake Stalins was killed by a roadside bomb as his cortege was passing Red Square.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
The incoming 47th president was flanked by UFC president Dana White and a cortege of Trumpworld insiders tapped for the new administration, including Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, several hearses and funeral corteges were seen at key locations in St. Petersburg, as local media scrambled to find the location of Prigozhin’s funeral.
—Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
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Janine Henni, People.com, 28 July 2025
The gig was hazardous and the run could be brief: At least one of the fake Stalins was killed by a roadside bomb as his cortege was passing Red Square.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
The incoming 47th president was flanked by UFC president Dana White and a cortege of Trumpworld insiders tapped for the new administration, including Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, several hearses and funeral corteges were seen at key locations in St. Petersburg, as local media scrambled to find the location of Prigozhin’s funeral.
—Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
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Advertisement Advertisement All this is new: the adulation, the notoriety, the xenophobic death threats that have prompted an entourage of men with spaghetti earpieces.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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But any loose association of two or more people is enough, like Combs’ entourage, Rahami said.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Osbourne's family — including wife Sharon and his kids Louis, Aimee, Kelly and Jack — said their final goodbyes to the rocker during an emotional funeral procession on July 30 in Birmingham, England.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The procession also visited Villa Park, BBC News reports.—
Mekishana Pierre,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Cortege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cortege. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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