consort

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consort (countable and uncountable; plural consorts)

  1. The spouse of a monarch.
  2. A husband, wife, companion or partner.
  3. A ship accompanying another.
  4. (uncountable) Association or partnership.
  5. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.

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consort (third-person singular simple present consorts, present participle consorting, simple past and past participle consorted)

  1. (intransitive) To associate or keep company.
    • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 457,
      Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.
  2. (intransitive) To be in agreement.
  3. (intransitive) To associate or unite in company with.
    • Dryden
      Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?

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  • IPA: /kɔ̃.sɔʁ/

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consort f (plural consorts)

  1. consort
  2. (plural only, proceeded by et) minions, associates; the likes
    Facebook, Myspace et consorts — Facebook, Myspace and the likes.