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con⋅sort

  [n. kon-sawrt, v. kuhn-sawrt]
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–noun
1. a husband or wife; spouse, esp. of a reigning monarch. Compare prince consort, queen consort.
2. one vessel or ship accompanying another.
3. Music.
a. a group of instrumentalists and singers who perform music, esp. old music.
b. a group of instruments of the same family, as viols, played in concert.
4. a companion, associate, or partner: a confidant and consort of heads of state.
5. accord or agreement.
6. Obsolete.
a. company or association.
b. harmony of sounds.
–verb (used without object)
7. to associate; keep company: to consort with known criminals.
8. to agree or harmonize.
–verb (used with object)
9. to associate, join, or unite.
10. Obsolete.
a. to accompany; espouse.
b. to sound in harmony.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF < L consort- (s. of consors) sharer, orig. sharing (adj.). See con-, sort

Related forms:
con⋅sort⋅a⋅ble, adjective
con⋅sort⋅er, noun
con⋅sor⋅tion, noun
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con·sort   (kŏn'sôrt')   
n.  
  1. A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
  2. A companion or partner.
  3. A ship accompanying another in travel.
  4. Partnership; association: governed in consort with her advisers.
  5. A group; a company: a consort of fellow diplomats.
  6. Music
    1. An instrumental ensemble.
    2. An ensemble using instruments of the same family.
v.   (kən-sôrt') con·sort·ed, con·sort·ing, con·sorts

v.   intr.
  1. To keep company; associate: a politician known to consort with gangsters.
  2. To be in accord or agreement.
v.   tr.
  1. To unite in company; associate.
  2. Obsolete
    1. To escort; accompany.
    2. To espouse.

[Middle English, colleague, from Old French, from Latin cōnsors, cōnsort- : com-, com- + sors, fate; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Consort

Con"sort\ (k[o^]n"s[^o]rt), n. [L. consore, -sortis; con- + sors lot, fate, share. See Sort.]

1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband. --Milton.

He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. --Dryden.

The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. --Thakeray.

The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. --Darwin.

2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another.

3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." --Fuller. "Working in consort." --Hare.

Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. --Atterbury.

4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. [Obs.]

In one consort' there sat Cruel revenge and rancorous despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. --Spenser.

Lord, place me in thy consort. --Herbert.

5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] --Milton.

To make a sad consort'; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. --Spenser.

Prince consort, the husband of a queen regnant.

Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.

Consort

Con*sort"\ (k[o^]n*s[^o]rt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consorting.] To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.

Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? --Dryden.

Consort

Con*sort"\, v. t. 1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

He with his consorted Eve. --Milton.

For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony. --Spenser.

He begins to consort himself with men. --Locke.

2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.]

Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : consort
Spanish: consorte,
German: der, *die Gemahl(in),
Japanese: 配偶者
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consort  (n.)
1419, "partner," from M.Fr. consort "colleague, partner, wife," from L. consortem (nom. consors, gen. consortis) "partner, neighbor," from com- "with" + sors "a share, lot" (see sort). Sense of "husband or wife" ("partner in marriage") is 1634. The verb is from 1588. Confused in form and sense with concert since 1584. Consortium is 1829, from L., lit. "partnership."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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consort

in music, instrumental ensemble popular in England during the 16th and 17th centuries. The word consort was also used to indicate the music itself and the performance

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