consort

Yet the role of a do-nothing prince consort doesn’t suit the dutiful, and now fiercely faithful, Alfred, and a war of wills—and of the sexes—ensues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

This upcoming Spring/Summer 2026 season has been inspired by Vietnam's former ruling Nguyen dynasty, notably Emperor Khai Dinh and the last empress consort, Nam Phuong, who both lived under colonial French rule.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

The next great constitutional upheaval in Britain, the Glorious Revolution of 1688, displaced King James II in favor his daughter Mary and her consort, William of Orange.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025

The commission for a formal portrait of Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain’s new queen consort, was a very big deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

“To be my king and consort, you need only bring me peace. Skahaz tells me you have had messages of late.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

According to the New York Times, it chose not to pursue prosecution because it worried that some potential witnesses, be they fellow partiers or former youthful consorts, “might not have stood up well under cross-examination.”

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2024

However, results showed that the growth rate early in life was not so different between consorts and sneakers, even though they grew up during different seasons.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

But the first break with tradition comes here: previously, consorts were crowned with new headpieces, created just for this moment.

From Salon ● May 5, 2023

Queen consorts do not formally share the sovereign’s powers, and dropping the “consort” part of the title won’t change that.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

Human midwives to deliver babies from human consorts.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

In 2022, Maxwell, who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in helping Epstein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

He consorted easily with composition students; he treated us as colleagues, and as a result we weren’t afraid to speak openly around him.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

And all this consorted with his long-held disdain for America, his resentment of Britain’s “subordination” to an upstart power.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 11, 2019

It portrayed King as a rabble-rouser who consorted with militants in expensive hotels.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2018

Invariably accompanied by a gorgeous French secretary- interpreter who may or may not have consorted with Russian royalty.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

She surely wasn’t worried about consorting with the enemy.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023

The privilege of consorting with a fox cost more than I had already paid.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

Prosecutors say that while UAE officials were consorting with Barrack, they were rewarding him by pouring millions of dollars into his business ventures.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

In conservative Afghanistan, such public consorting is taboo, doubly so in a holy site under Taliban guard.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

Father explained to us that he had gone plumb crazy, consorting with the inhabitants of the land.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver