Definitions for consort

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consort con·sort

Spelling: [noun kon-sawrt, verb kuh n- Consort is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in consort (cnoorst).

Definitions for consort

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 consort

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

Examples for consort

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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