From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!laidbak!trsvax!iv Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: Posslq finds favor Article-I.D.: trsvax.212 Posted: Mon Feb 21 01:19:59 1983 Received: Tue Feb 22 03:52:58 1983 References: ucbvax.913 I admit it, I also rushed to my dictionary to look up consort, and found the same things listed there. However, like Ken C R C Arnold, I remembered another meaning or connotation to that word, that being of co-habitation without marriage. Upon researching the thought, I found out where the idea came from (at least in my mind). When a monarch or other person of royal blood marries, the person that they marry is usually (and correctly) referred to as their consort, as a person marrying into a royal family cannot be called a king/queen prince/princess, as they are not. These then are referred to as (for example) the queen consort, & etc. This WAS one of the definitions listed by Websters (spouce). Consort is used in this case to differentiate between someone married to a person of royal lineage. jeIV ...{laidbak,microsoft}!trsvax!iv