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e or husband. Milton. He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. Dryden. The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. Thakeray. The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. Darwin.

Suitable for association or companionship. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.

The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

ng such a noise. Upon the rising of the curtain. I was very much surprised with the great consort of catcalls which was exhibited. Addison.

h in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. The companions of his fall. Milton. The companion of fools shall smart for it. Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver. ) Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. Shak. A companio…

harge; to commit; to intrust. Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the youthful consort to his care. Pope. The four evangelists consigned to writing that history. Addison.

A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. [Written also Durga.] Malcom.

The consort of an emperor. Shak.

o good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible. Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost Paradise, deceived by me. Milton. This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. Prof. Wilson.

A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere. [Obs.]

The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.

ng the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually. Spectator.

The consort or widow of a palsgrave.

acter, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate. In song he never had his peer. Dryden. Shall they consort only with their peers I. Taylor.

e-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for men. -- Prince of the blood, Prince consort, Prince of darkness. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness. -- Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign. -- Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs (Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum ori…

The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales. Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.

arge West Indian cameo conch (Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos. -- Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. Blackstone. -- Queen dowager, the widow of a king. -- Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc. -- Queen mother, a queen dowager who is…

To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.