Definition of "consorts" [consorts]

• Plural form of consort. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consort. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Everyone on board agreed that the only North Korean fleet elements which posed any threat at all to the Jefferson and her consorts were their Whiskey - and Romeo-class submarines, and the ASW Vikings of VS-42 had been up and patrolling around the clock ever since yesterday morning."
• "The behaviour of the _Capella_ and her consorts was a matter for congratulation."
• "At last the Merrimac receives a hint as to what she must do — retreat; for those tremendous shots are penetrating at last; she is, in fact, so much hurt that she limps at the stern, and has to call her consorts to her aid to take her out of the way — back under the protection of her own forts."