consort
pronunciation
How to pronounce consort in British English:
UK [ˈkɒnsɔːt , kənˈsɔːt]
How to pronounce consort in American English:
US [ˈkɑːnsɔːrt , kənˈsɔːrt]
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- Noun:
- the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
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- Verb:
- keep company with; hang out with
- go together
- keep company
Word Origin
- consort
- consort: see sort
- consort (n.)
- early 15c., "partner," from Middle French consort "colleague, partner, wife" (14c., Old French consorte), from Latin consortem (nominative consors) "partner, comrade; wife, brother, sister," noun use of adjective meaning "having the same lot, of the same fortune," from com- "with" (see com-) + sors "a share, lot" (see sort (n.)). Sense of "husband or wife" ("partner in marriage") is 1630s in English.
- consort (v.)
- 1580s, from consort (n.). Related: Consorted; consorting. Confused in form and sense with concert since 1580s.
Example
- 1. That a proud african woman should covet the title of chief consort is understandable : she is unlikely to hold any higher office .
- 2. He said he had resigned a year later and was put under house arrest with his consort , princess monique , in one of the palaces .
- 3. If mary and kate were friends , then to consort with kate was one way of keeping in touch with mary .
- 4. The book thus gradually leads us to reflect on the strange circumstances that bring esther to succeed vashti as queen , as the consort of the emperor xerxes .
- 5. For male spiders the equivalent of a post-coital cigarette is not a sensible option . Making straight for the door is much wiser since he who hangs around risks being eaten by his consort .