consort

[ noun kon-sawrt, verb kuhn-sawrt ]

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noun

a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.: Compare prince consort, queen consort.
one vessel or ship accompanying another.

Music.
- a group of instrumentalists and singers who perform music, especially old music.
- a group of instruments of the same family, as viols, played in concert.
a companion, associate, or partner: a confidant and consort of heads of state.
accord or agreement.
Obsolete.
- company or association.
- harmony of sounds.

verb (used without object)

to associate; keep company: to consort with known criminals.
to agree or harmonize.

verb (used with object)

to associate, join, or unite.
Obsolete.
- to accompany; espouse.
- to sound in harmony.

Origin of consort

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort- (stem of consors ) “sharer,” originally, “sharing” (adjective); see origin at con-, sort

Other words from consort

con·sort·a·ble, adjective
con·sort·er, noun
con·sor·tion, noun
non·con·sort·ing, adjective

Words Nearby consort

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How to use consort in a sentence

That that’s a very important example and it exists in consort with what professional philanthropies are doing to be resourceful in other ways.
Why Feminists Make Better Businesspeople | Belinda Luscombe | April 10, 2022 | Time
In some myths, he goes on to abduct Mokosh – the consort of Perun and the goddess of summer, thus suggesting the eternal struggle between life and death and winter and summer.
The Most Enigmatic Slavic Gods and Goddesses | Dattatreya Mandal | March 13, 2022 | Realm of History
The grandson of Queen Elizabeth is “home,” as some put it, to attend the funeral of Prince Philip, the longest-serving consort in British history, who died “peacefully” on Friday, at Windsor Castle, two month’s shy of his 100th birthday.
Prince Harry returns to bury his grandfather — and, some hope, to heal rifts with the British royal family | Karla Adam, William Booth | April 12, 2021 | Washington Post
As royal consort, Prince Philip had been at his wife’s side — actually two paces behind in public, as required by protocol — since she became the queen upon her father’s death in 1952.
Prince Philip, royal consort to Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99 | Adrian Higgins | April 9, 2021 | Washington Post
Philip’s uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten—the closest to a real father he had—would later claim credit for putting the future queen together with her consort.
The Queen’s Man: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dies | Howard Chua-Eoan | April 9, 2021 | Time

It was designed, with help from an architect and builder, by her consort Prince Albert.
Queen Victoria’s Secret Scottish Sex Castle | Clive Irving | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Once in her stride, she turned her Moomin books into masterpieces of word in consort with image.
Tove Jansson, Queen of the Moomins | John Garth | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Like Queen Rania, she has made education a priority of her work as royal consort.
Why You’ve Never Heard of the World’s Best-Dressed Royal | Keli Goff | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Jan continued to come and go as he pleased at FOB Delhi, free to carry weapons and to consort with his “tea boys.”
Why Was Firefighter-Marine Reserve Maj. Jason Brezler Betrayed? | Michael Daly | November 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The voice phenomenon produced by Lees was instantly recognisable as that of the late consort.
How Queen Victoria's Affection For John Brown Sprang From His Contact With Dead Albert's Shade | Tom Sykes | June 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
A consort was found for him in the royal family of France; and her beauty and grace gave him a languid pleasure.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
Quarrel in her presence he could not, nor add one jot to the burden which he felt sure she must bear as the consort of such a man.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. Thompson
And presently I saw that our consort, the Dane, had slackened her speed, so that there was a mile of water between us astern.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
Her establishment must also so far exceed that of a king or of a queen-consort, as being composed of ladies as well as gentlemen.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The Wasp, after her battle with the Avon, could not fight two more, so she sailed away and left them to attend to their consort.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | Various

British Dictionary definitions for consort

consort

verb(kənˈsɔːt)

(intr usually foll by with) to keep company (with undesirable people); associate
(intr) to agree or harmonize

(tr) rare to combine or unite

noun(ˈkɒnsɔːt)

(esp formerly)
- a small group of instruments, either of the same type, such as viols, (a whole consort) or of different types (a broken consort)
- (as modifier): consort music
the husband or wife of a reigning monarch

a partner or companion, esp a husband or wife
a ship that escorts another
obsolete
- companionship or association
- agreement or accord

Origin of consort

C15: from Old French, from Latin consors sharer, partner, from sors lot, fate, portion

Derived forms of consort

consortable, adjective
consorter, noun

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