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prince consort

noun

Updated on: 8 Apr 2018

Definition of prince consort

plural princes consort

: the husband of a reigning queen

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Philip is Prince Philip in the same way that Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, who was German, was prince consort.

— morgan evans, Redbook, "9 Things You Didn't Know About Marrying a British Royal," 11 Apr. 2017
Men married to the British monarch are known as prince consorts, not king consorts.

— caroline hallemann, Town & Country, "The Moment Philip Became a British Prince—And Why He Isn't the King," 4 Oct. 2017

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