Cortege

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  • noun. A train of attendants, as of a distinguished person; a retinue.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A ceremonial procession.
  • noun. A funeral procession.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A train of attendants; a company of followers; a procession.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A train of attendants; a group following and attending to some important person.
  • noun. a procession, especially a funeral procession following the casket carrying a dead person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a king.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the group following and attending to some important person
  • noun. a funeral procession
  • Word Usage
    "Thousands of people have turned out in this town, including sobbing family members, policemen, and other loved ones who have come here to show their respects with flower bouquets and, in fact, in front of the cortege is a cousin of the man who died, who is sobbing and caressing his picture."