CORTEGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cortege mean? 

• CORTEGE (noun)
  The noun CORTEGE has 2 senses:

1. a funeral procession

2. the group following and attending to some important person

  Familiarity information: CORTEGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORTEGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A funeral procession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("cortege" is a kind of...):

procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The group following and attending to some important person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

cortege; entourage; retinue; suite

Hypernyms ("cortege" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Meronyms (parts of "cortege"):

bodyguard (a group of men who escort and protect some important person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cortege"):

court; royal court (the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince)