consort : Idioms & Phrases

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Prince consort

  • noun a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign
WordNet
  • the husband of a queen regnant.
Webster 1913

Prince of the blood, Prince consort, Prince of darkness

  • . See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.
Webster 1913

Queen consort

  • noun the wife of a reigning king
WordNet
  • the wife of a reigning king. Blackstone.
  • the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.
Webster 1913