Consort /(kŏn"sôrt)/

Con·sort

Consort

n.
  1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.
    He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed.
    The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.
    — Thakeray.
    The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort.
  2. A ship keeping company with another. (Naut.)
  3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.
    Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different.
  4. 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.
    Lord, place me in thy consort.
  5. Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.]
    To make a sad consort'; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.

Phrases & Compounds
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

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Consorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consorting

  1. To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.
    Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?

Consort

v. t.
  1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.
    He with his consorted Eve.
    For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony.
    He begins to consort himself with men.
  2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.]
    Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence.