Consort

/ˈkɒnsɔːt/ · noun

Meaning

The spouse of a monarch..

Definitions by Sense

1. The spouse of a monarch.
2. A husband, wife, companion or partner.
3. (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
4. A ship accompanying another.
5. (uncountable) Association or partnership.
6. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
7. (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
8. (postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager

Example Sentences

Wise, just, moderate, admirably pure of life, the friend of science, of freedom, of peace and all peaceful arts, the Consort of the Queen passes from our troubled sphere to that serene one where justice and peace reign eternal.

In his death was lost to his consort an affectionate and beloved husband; […]

In the deep and retired channels of Tierra del Fuego, the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort, and standing close by each other on some distant rocky point, is a common feature in the landscape.

Pygmalion loathing their laſcivious Life, / Abhorr’d all Womankind, but moſt a Wife: / So ſingle choſe to live, and ſhunn’d to wed, / Well pleas’d to want a Conſort of his Bed.

That which gives diſtaſt to the Ear in it is a German by-word: and ſuch kind of things Lʳ. according to the humor of thoſe times, purſues with ſome fondneſs: take it ſingly, and it carries an air of levity, I confeſs; but, in conſort with the reſt, you ſee, has a meaning quite different from what this Author would inſinuate.

On thother ſide in one conſort there ſate, / Cruell Reuenge, and rancorous Deſpight, / Diſloyall Treaſon, and hart-burning Hate, […]

Lord, place me in thy consort.

Sith then, it ſeemeth each thing to his powre / Doth vs inuite to make a ſad conſort; / Come let vs ioyne our mournfull ſong with theirs.

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• consorts
• consorting
• consorted

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