consort

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At any rate Squire John henceforth lived in the conviction that his consort was as much at home in all these mighty matters as if she had lived all her life in the castles of countesses.

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  1. noun A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
  2. noun A companion or partner.
  3. noun A ship accompanying another in travel.

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  • The Blanche had not so readily obtained a pilot as her consort, and she was an hour behind her in arriving The Guardian-Mother was surrounded by boats as soon as she was at rest, but the boatmen kept their distance till the port physician and the custom-house officials came on board. —  Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
  • At daylight the next morning he and his consort were about five miles from the two ships, when the largest, throwing out a signal, took in her studding-sail, wore round, and stood for the Bellona_. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
  • The French commander saw and understood the extreme jeopardy of his consort, and he had already put his helm hard up Starboard--starboard hard, Bury!" —  The Two Admirals
  • Greenly? She and her consort were well to windward of their own line, or we could never have got 'em as we did. —  The Two Admirals
  • Mrs. Darling had similarly warned her consort, and Darling was as eager to dodge Lieutenant Sanders has gone to report to Captain Devers," said the striker who answered Davies's ring, and Davies said he would come in and wait until his return. —  Under Fire
 

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sister-in-law ·  spouse ·  brother-in-law ·  princess ·  son-in-law ·  heir ·  niece ·  mistress ·  kinsman ·  playmate ·  cousin ·  successor

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consort:   consorted ·  consorting
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  1. 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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  1. = F, consort, masculine, associate, consort (usually in plural consorts, associates, husband and wife), Old French consort, masculine, consorte, feminine, = Spanish Portuguese Italian consorte, from L, consors (consort-), a partner, brother or sister, Middle Latin a neighbor, a wife, literally sharing property with, from com-, together, + sors (sort-), a lot: see sort. Cf. assort, and see consort, consort.
  2. from consort, n. Cf. consort.
  3. from Old French consorte, feminine, a company, variant of Old French consorce, feminine, from Middle Latin consortia, feminine; cf. Spanish Portuguese consorcio = Italian consorzio, masculine, from Latin consortium, neuter, fellowship, society, community of goods, from consor(t-)s, a partner: see consort (with which consort is partly confused), and cf. consortium, consortion. See also consort.
 

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