Definitions for consorts

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consorts con·sort

Spelling: [noun kon-sawrt, verb kuh n- Consorts is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in consorts (cnoorsst).

Definitions for consorts

noun

1. a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch. Compare prince consort, queen consort.
2. one vessel or ship accompanying another.
3. Music. a group of instrumentalists and singers who perform music, especially old music. a group of instruments of the same family, as viols, played in concert.
4. a companion, associate, or partner:
5. accord or agreement.
6. Obsolete. company or association. harmony of sounds.

verb (used with object)

1. to associate, join, or unite.
2. Obsolete. to accompany; espouse. to sound in harmony.

verb (used without object)

1. to associate; keep company:
2. to agree or harmonize.

Origin of consorts

1375-1425; late Middle English Middle French Latin consort- (stem of consors) sharer, orig. sharing (adj.). See con-, sort

Examples for consorts

She was not only fair, but ready to consort with any suitor who might win her favour.

It was designed, with help from an architect and builder, by her consort Prince Albert.

You haven't happened upon the right sort of consort, that's all.

Jan continued to come and go as he pleased at FOB Delhi, free to carry weapons and to consort with his “tea boys.”

Brown braiding on a tailor-made jacket does not, however, consort with hay-wagons.

Once in her stride, she turned her Moomin books into masterpieces of word in consort with image.

Put simply, the 91-year-old consort of the monarch is not looking well.

Like his Swedish counterpart, he is said to have a roving eye, which has not gone down well with Sofia, his Greek-born consort.

And of individuals who consort with the mob and seek to please them?

And in accordance with the tendency above spoken of, the sun-god has a consort.