Merriam Webster's Online defines it as: Main Entry: 1con·sort Pronunciation: 'kän-"sort Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort-, consors partner, sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, share -- more at SERIES Date: 15th century 1 : ASSOCIATE 2 : a ship accompanying another 3 : SPOUSE -- compare PRINCE CONSORT So a husband/wife is a consort, but so is a business partner, a companion ship, a friend, and a mistress. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Gordon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [CLOUD-L] RE: William Augustine Cloud XIV > Margaret, > > Can you tell me the difference between married and consort. My dictionary defines consort as husband or wife so what does Linda L. Callaway Jones Kopp, (or her mother), define it as? > > Ric > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Margaret Lindly > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:00 AM > Subject: [CLOUD-L] RE: William Augustine Cloud XIV > > > Corrections: > Nancie Alice Cloud daughter of Wiley Preston Cloud > (William Augustine,George Augustus Cloud,Wiley Preston Cloud, Nancie Alice > Cloud, William Lee Pate) > Correction on the date of marriage for William Lee "Bill Jr" Pate: > Marriage date should read : 1 July 1939 "not" 1 July 1931 . > > Correction: > For the daughter of William M. and Nancie Alice Cloud Pate > (William Augustine Cloud,George Augustus Cloud, Wiley Preston Cloud, Nancie > Alice Cloud, Bessie "Pearle" Pate) > Bessie "Pearle" Pate > Born: 26 June 1924 TX > Instead of reading Spouse #1 it should read consort of. > Instead of Spouse #2 of George Lee Callaway it should read consort of. > Spouse #3 is the correct term for this marriage. This was brought to my > attention by her daughter Linda L. Callaway Jones Kopp. Thank you, Linda > for correcting me. Catch those errors folks. We need this right. > Love you > Your Aunt Margaret > > --- Margaret Lindly > --- [email protected] > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > > > > ==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > .............................................................. > Join the Cloud Family Association: http://mykindred.com/cloud/ > > > ==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > .............................................................. > Join the Cloud Family Association: http://mykindred.com/cloud/ > >

Thanks Janet...... Ric ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet K. Theberge To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [CLOUD-L] RE: William Augustine Cloud XIV Merriam Webster's Online defines it as: Main Entry: 1con·sort Pronunciation: 'kän-"sort Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort-, consors partner, sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, share -- more at SERIES Date: 15th century 1 : ASSOCIATE 2 : a ship accompanying another 3 : SPOUSE -- compare PRINCE CONSORT So a husband/wife is a consort, but so is a business partner, a companion ship, a friend, and a mistress.