consort
/ˈkɑnsɔɹt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.20 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
Countable; Humorous; Uncountable
noun
A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager
Example Sentences
- "Wise, just, moderate, admirably pure of life, the friend of science, of freedom, of peace and all peaceful arts, the Consort of the Queen passes from our troubled sphere to that serene one where justice and peace reign eternal."
- "In his death was lost to his consort an affectionate and beloved husband; […]"
- "In the deep and retired channels of Tierra del Fuego, the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort, and standing close by each other on some distant rocky point, is a common feature in the landscape."
- "Pygmalion loathing their laſcivious Life, / Abhorr’d all Womankind, but moſt a Wife: / So ſingle choſe to live, and ſhunn’d to wed, / Well pleas’d to want a Conſort of his Bed."
- "That which gives diſtaſt to the Ear in it is a German by-word: and ſuch kind of things Lʳ. according to the humor of thoſe times, purſues with ſome fondneſs: take it ſingly, and it carries an air of levity, I confeſs; but, in conſort with the reſt, you ſee, has a meaning quite different from what this Author would inſinuate."
- "On thother ſide in one conſort there ſate, / Cruell Reuenge, and rancorous Deſpight, / Diſloyall Treaſon, and hart-burning Hate, […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin cōnsors. As “companion or partner”, via Middle English consorte.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑnsɔɹt/
- British English: /ˈkɒnsɔːt/