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Calque of French prince consort.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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." Full definition →
Calque of French prince consort.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.