consort

To consort is to hang out with or associate with others regularly.

(verb)

When you spend a lot of time with someone, that person is an example of someone you consort with regularly.

The definition of a consort is the wife or husband of a reigning king or queen.

(noun)

Prince Philip is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

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See consort in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. Obsolete a partner; companion
  2. a wife or husband; spouse, esp. of a reigning king or queen
  3. a ship that travels along with another
  4. Rare
    1. Origin: OFr consorte < L consortium, community of goods < consors

      association; fellowship; company
    2. agreement; accord
    1. a 17th-cent. English chamber music ensemble, sometimes including vocalists
    2. the music composed for such an ensemble

Origin: OFr < L consors (gen. consortis), partner, neighbor < com-, with + sors, a share, lot: see sort

intransitive verb

  1. to keep company or associate (with someone, esp. someone considered objectionable, undesirable, etc.): consorting with thieves
  2. to be in harmony or agreement; be in accord

transitive verb

  1. to associate; join: usually reflexive
  2. to accompany or escort

See consort in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
  2. A companion or partner.
  3. A ship accompanying another in travel.
  4. Partnership; association: governed in consort with her advisers.
  5. A group; a company: a consort of fellow diplomats.
  6. Music
    a. An instrumental ensemble.
    b. An ensemble using instruments of the same family.
verb (kən-sôrtˈ) con·sort·ed, con·sort·ing, con·sorts
verb, intransitive
  1. To keep company; associate: a politician known to consort with gangsters.
  2. To be in accord or agreement.
verb, transitive
  1. To unite in company; associate.
  2. Obsolete
    a. To escort; accompany.
    b. To espouse.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, colleague

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin cōnsors, cōnsort-

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + sors, fate; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots

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