'Consort' definitions:

Definition of 'consort'

From: WordNet
noun
The husband or wife of a reigning monarch
noun
A family of similar musical instrument playing together [syn: choir, consort]
verb
Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: consort, associate, affiliate, assort]
verb
Go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree]
verb
Keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" [syn: run, consort]

Definition of 'Consort'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Consort'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. --Thakeray. [1913 Webster]
  • The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." --Fuller. "Working in consort." --Hare. [1913 Webster]
  • Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • In one consort' there sat Cruel revenge and rancorous despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Lord, place me in thy consort. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • To make a sad consort'; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Consort'

From: GCIDE
  • Consort \Con*sort"\, v. t.
  • 1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate. [1913 Webster]
  • He with his consorted Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • He begins to consort himself with men. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'consort'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Consort'