cor·tege
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| 1. | a procession, esp. a ceremonial one: a funeral cortege. |
| 2. | a line or train of attendants; retinue. |
Also, cor·tège.
[Origin: 1670–80; < F < It corteggio courtly retinue, deriv. of corteggiare to court, itself deriv. of corte court
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cortege
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| cor·tege also cor·tège
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n.
[French cortège, from Old Italian corteggio, from corteggiare, to pay honor, from corte, court, from Latin cohors, cohort-, throng; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
cortege
1649, "train of attendants," from Fr. cortège (16c.), from It. corteggio "retinue," from corte "court," from L. cohortem (see court).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| cortege | |
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| 1. | a funeral procession |
| 2. | the group following and attending to some important person |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
cortège [koːˈteʒ] noun
a procession, especially at a funeral
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