The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cort'ege
cortege \cortege\, ||Cort'ege \Cor`t['e]ge"\(k[^o]r`t[asl]zh"), n. [F., fr. It. corteggio train, fr. corte court. See Court.] A train of attendants; a group following and attending to some important person.
Syn: retinue, suite, entourage.
2. a procession, especially a funeral procession following the casket carrying a dead person.