Both Uses of
consort
in
Arrowsmith
- He consorted with men whose virile pride it was to smoke filthy corncob pipes and to wear filthy sweaters.†
Chpt 2 *consorted = spent time with
- It's that renovated old part of Brooklyn where writers and economists and all those people, some of them almost as good as the very best, consort with people who are almost as smart as the very smartest.†
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.