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playfellow
English
Etymology
play +? fellow
Noun
playfellow (plural playfellows)
- (dated) playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- "I’ve brought you a new playfellow," the Fairy said. "You must be very kind to him and teach him all he needs to know in Rabbitland, for he is going to live with you for ever and ever!"
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
- Now she was within ten feet of the two unsuspecting little playfellows--carefully she drew her hind feet well up beneath her body, the great muscles rolling under the beautiful skin.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XIX:
- "Linton is just six months younger than I am, {...} How delightful it will be to have him for a playfellow!"
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
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consort
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin c?nsors.
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?n'sôt, IPA(key): /?k?ns??t/
- (General American) enPR: kän'sôrt, IPA(key): /?k?ns??t/
- (verb)
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?nsôt', IPA(key): /k?n?s??t/
- (General American) enPR: k?nsôrt', IPA(key): /k?n?s??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Noun
consort (countable and uncountable, plural consorts)
- The spouse of a monarch.
- The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers
- 1838, Charles Darwin, The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
- the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch; aristocrat; celebrity; etc.
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
- Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; […] but, in consort with the rest, you see, has a meaning quite different.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- 1633, George Herbert, Employment
- Lord, place me in thy consort.
- 1633, George Herbert, Employment
- (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Astrophel: A Pastorall Elegy upon the Death of the Most Noble and Valorous Knight, Sir Philip Sidney
- To make a sad consort, / Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Astrophel: A Pastorall Elegy upon the Death of the Most Noble and Valorous Knight, Sir Philip Sidney
Synonyms
- (husband, wife, companion, partner): Thesaurus:spouse, companion, escort
- (association, partnership): association, partnership
- (group of musicians): band, group
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
consort (not comparable)
- (postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queen consort during his reign.
Derived terms
- queen consort
- king consort
- prince consort
See also
- regnant
- queen regnant
- queen dowager
Verb
consort (third-person singular simple present consorts, present participle consorting, simple past and past participle consorted)
- (intransitive) To associate or keep company (with).
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 457,
- Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- (intransitive) To be in agreement.
Synonyms
- (associate or keep company): hang out (slang)
- (be in agreement): agree, concur
- (associate or unite in company with): associate, hang out (slang)
Translations
Anagrams
- Croston, Scorton, cortons, crotons
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin consors.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kon?s??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun?s?rt/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
consort m or f (plural consorts)
- partner, consort
- (law) spouse
- Synonym: cònjuge
- (law) accomplice
- Synonym: partícip
- (law) joinder
- Synonym: litisconsort
Derived terms
- litisconsort
Related terms
- consorci
Further reading
- “consort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “consort” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “consort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin consors, consortem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s??/
Noun
consort f (plural consorts)
- consort
- (plural only, preceded by et, slightly derogatory) minions, associates; the likes
Further reading
- “consort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French consort, from Latin consors.
Noun
consort m (plural consor?i)
- consort
Declension
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