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# consort

«consort» in Mova's school dictionary: **a husband or wife, especially the partner of a king or queen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (consorts); verb (consorts, consorted, consorting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A consort is a husband or wife, especially the partner of a king or queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#m1)

2) (old use) A consort is a group of musicians who play together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#m2)

3) To consort with someone is to keep company with them, often with disapproval. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, the queen who sits beside the king, or a companion; in fairy tales, a wife or husband of a ruler

### examples

- The king and his consort sat on the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x1)
- The queen was the consort of the old king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x2)
- Alas, come down, my consort! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x3)
- Do not consort with those bad men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; a consort is one partner, so a king and his consort count as two people.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consort» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.