consort
noun
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
consorts
Example Sentences
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According to the New York Times, it chose not to pursue prosecution because it worried that some potential witnesses, be they fellow partiers or former youthful consorts, “might not have stood up well under cross-examination.”
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2024
Male squid born between early April and mid-July grow large before starting reproduction and become consorts.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
But the first break with tradition comes here: previously, consorts were crowned with new headpieces, created just for this moment.
From Salon ● May 5, 2023
To either side of these palaces were the six western palaces and the six eastern palaces where the emperor’s consorts lived.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The jaunty patterns of popular dances were put together into contrasting groups of three to provide variation - slow-fast-slow or fast-slow-fast - even when the consorts were not accompanying actual dancing.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
