this is a word i like
con·sort (k
n
sôrt
)n.1. A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.2. A companion or partner.3. A ship accompanying another in travel.4. Partnership; association: governed in consort with her advisers.5. A group; a company: a consort of fellow diplomats.6. Music a. An instrumental ensemble.b. An ensemble using instruments of the same family.v. (k
n-sôrt) con·sort·ed, con·sort·ing, con·sorts v.intr.1. To keep company; associate: a politician known to consort with gangsters.2. To be in accord or agreement.v.tr.1. To unite in company; associate.2. Obsolete a. To escort; accompany.b. To espouse.
[Middle English, colleague, from Old French, from Latin c
nsors, cnsort- : com-, com- + sors, fate; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.] I like this definition for one’s “significant other,” it says more about what it means to share your life with someone. I’m especially fond of definition #3 because life feels so much like a journey to me, and all the analogies and metaphors of being at sea apply. To have a consort is to have someone with you on that journey and that is a precious, priceless, inexpicably beautiful thing.
