Queen consort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the wife of a reigning king

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Definitions
  1. the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.
Definitions
  1. the wife of a reigning king. Blackstone.
  2. the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.

Webster 1913