prince consort en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of French prince consort.
Meanings
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The husband of a queen or an empress, who is not a king or an emperor in his own right, or is accorded this title in a monarchy in which only male monarchs may bear the title "king."
Coordinate term: princess consort
Near-synonyms: king consort, emperor consort
Both the G.W.R. and the L.S.W.R. had to pay dearly for the privilege of entering the Royal Borough, for the Prince Consort drove a hard bargain with each.
1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
- (qualifier:gender equality) The husband of a princess, who is not a prince in his own right.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| princes consort | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
king consort · emperor consort
Translations (20)
mnw ကောန်ဂၠုဨကရာတ် (husband of queen) · es príncipe consorte (husband of queen) · fo drotningarmaður (husband of queen) · zh 王夫 (husband of queen) · ko 국서 (husband of queen) · fi prinssipuoliso (husband of queen) · da prinsgemal (husband of queen) · pl książę małżonek (husband of princess) · sv prinsgemål (husband of queen) · mk принц при́дружник (husband of queen) · de Prinzgemahl (husband of queen) · pl książę małżonek (husband of queen) · ja 王配 (husband of queen) · nl prins-gemaal (husband of queen) · mnw ဥပရာဇာ (husband of queen) · km ព្រះធីតុបតី (husband of queen) · zh 駙馬 /驸马 (husband of princess) · zh 王配 (husband of queen) · ko 갈문왕 (husband of queen) · it principe consorte (husband of queen)