▪ a person's entourage or retinue:"his entourage became an ever-present cortège wherever he went"Similarentourageretinuetrainsuiteescortcourtcompanyattendant companyattendantsaidesassociatescompanionsfollowersretainers
Word Originmid 17th century: from French, from Italian corteggio, from corteggiare ‘attend court’, from corte ‘court’, from Latin cohors, cohort- ‘retinue’.