What does cortege mean?

Answer 1

It refers to the funeral procession of vehicles and mourners to the cemetery and is like entourage, one might use almost parade or convoy but they have more upbeat connotations, sure there is pomp and ceremony- and nearly always like Army Convoys, the headlights of ALL vehicles are on. I remember riding the front car of my father"s funeral cortege and remarked to the driver, that ( is it true that hearses have beefed up generators to handle the extra load on the electrical system) and he replied- yes, like those on Army trucks . Convoy= all running lights on! Cortege is of French origin and is almost entirely applied to funeral processions. ont he other hand- a Convoy of troop transports headed for Normandy!