All 6 Uses of
consort
in
Treasure Island
- John Trelawney Postscript—I did not tell you that Blandly, who, by the way, is to send a consort after us if we don't turn up by the end of August, had found an admirable fellow for sailing master—a stiff man, which I regret, but in all other respects a treasure.†
Chpt 7
- The crews raced for the beach, but the boat I was in, having some start and being at once the lighter and the better manned, shot far ahead of her consort, and the bow had struck among the shore-side trees and I had caught a branch and swung myself out and plunged into the nearest thicket while Silver and the rest were still a hundred yards behind.†
Chpt 13
- "Dr. Livesey," he said, "in how many weeks do you and squire expect the consort?"†
Chpt 18
- By this time the schooner and her little consort were gliding pretty swiftly through the water; indeed, we had already fetched up level with the camp-fire.†
Chpt 23 *
- And maybe, perhaps, you didn't know there was a consort coming either?†
Chpt 29
- Well, to make a long story short, we got a few hands on board, made a good cruise home, and the HISPANIOLA reached Bristol just as Mr. Blandly was beginning to think of fitting out her consort.†
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(1)
(consort as in: consort together) associate with (spend time with) -- often spending leisure time with people considered undesirable; or one of the people with whom time is spent
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(2)
(consort as in: consort to the queen) a husband, wife, or sexual companion -- especially of a reigning monarch
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The husband of a ruling queen (or princess) is sometimes called a prince consort. For less common senses of consort, see a comprehensive dictionary.