con·sort 
(kŏnsôrt′)
(kŏnsôrt′)n.
1. A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
2. A companion or partner.
3. An animal with which another animal, usually of the opposite sex, forms a bond for a temporary period during which the two individuals maintain close proximity and engage in mating or other sexual behavior.
4. A ship accompanying another in travel.
5. Partnership; association: governed in consort with her advisers.
6. A group; a company: a consort of fellow diplomats.
7. Music
a. An instrumental ensemble.
b. An ensemble using instruments of the same family.
v. (kən-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 cōnsors, cōnsort- : com-, com- + sors, fate; see ser-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]