prince consort

noun

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”

Similar
king consortemperor consort
OriginFrench prince consort →
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Meanings

nounprince consort (plural princes consort)

plural princes consort

  1. 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

    2 more examples

    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

    Synonyms: king consort, emperor consort

  2. gender equalityThe husband of a princess, who is not a prince in his own right.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe 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."

Similar
king consortemperor consort
Also see
king consort

Origin

  1. Frenchprince consort
  2. Englishprince consort

Calque of French prince consort.

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Translations

Chinese 王夫, 王配
  • 王夫 (wángfū)husband of queen
  • 王配 (wángpèi)husband of queen
  • 駙馬 /驸马 (fùmǎ)husband of princess
Danish prinsgemal
  • prinsgemalhusband of queen
Dutch prins-gemaal
  • prins-gemaalhusband of queen
Finnish prinssipuoliso
  • prinssipuolisohusband of queen
German Prinzgemahl
  • Prinzgemahlhusband of queen
Italian principe consorte
  • principe consortehusband of queen
Japanese 王配
  • 王配 (ōhai)husband of queen
Korean 국서, 갈문왕
  • 국서 (gukseo)husband of queen
  • 갈문왕 (galmunwang)husband of queen
Polish książę małżonek, książę małżonek
  • książę małżonekhusband of queen
  • książę małżonekhusband of princess
Spanish príncipe consorte
  • príncipe consortehusband of queen
Swedish prinsgemål
  • prinsgemålhusband of queen
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