Noun: cortège kor'tezh
- The group following and attending to some important person
"The celebrity arrived at the event with a large cortège of assistants and bodyguards";
- retinue, suite, entourage
- A funeral procession
"The sombre cortège made its way slowly through the city streets"
Derived forms: cortèges
Type of: assemblage, gathering, procession
Encyclopedia: Cortège