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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."
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: king consort, emperor consort
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The husband of a princess, who is not a prince in his own right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: gender equality
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consort, prince
Narrower terms: Albert, Prince Albert, Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
History
Calque of French prince consort.
Across languages
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