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Consort

Consort Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Consort?
[n] the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
[n] a family of similar musical instrument playing together [v] keep company; of male animals [v] keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [v] go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" Synonyms | Synonyms for Consort: accord | affiliate | agree | associate | assort | choir | concord | fit in | harmonise | harmonize | run Related Terms | Find terms related to Consort: accompanier | accompanist | accompanyist | accord | accordance | ace | adjunct | affinity | agreement | ally | amigo | assent | associate | attendant | attune | attunement | bedfellow | bedmate | better half | bosom buddy | brother | brother-in-arms | buddy | bunkie | bunkmate | butty | camarade | chamberfellow | chime | chiming | chorus | chum | classmate | coadjutor | coherence | cohort | coincidence | colleague | comate | companion | companion piece | company | compatibility | compatriot | compeer | comport | comrade | concentus | concert | concomitant | concord | concordance | confederate | conform | conformance | conformation | conformity | confrere | congeniality | congruence | congruency | congruity | consistency | consociate | consonance | consonancy | cooperation | copartner | correspond | correspondence | crony | diapason | dovetail | equivalence | euphony | fellow | fellow member | fellow student | girl friend | gossip | harmonics | harmonize | harmony | heavy harmony | homophony | intersection | march | mate | messmate | monochord | monody | old crony | oneness | overlap | pal | parallelism | pard | pardner | partner | peace | playfellow | playmate | rapport | roommate | schoolfellow | schoolmate | self-consistency | shipmate | side partner | sidekick | spouse | square | symmetry | symphony | sync | synchronism | synchronization | tally | teammate | three-part harmony | timing | tune | uniformity | union | unison | unisonance | workfellow | yokefellow | yokemate See Also | accompany | accompany | ally | better half | blend | blend in | check | companion | company | correspond | date | fit | Francoise d'Aubigne | gibe | go | go out | go steady | interact | jibe | keep company | Madame de Maintenon | Maintenon | Marquise de Maintenon | married person | match | mate | partner | prince consort | see | set | spouse | tally Consort In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \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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