prince consort
nounEtymology Calque of French prince consort.
1
The husband of a queen or an empress, who is not a king or an emperor in his own right, or is accorded this title in a monarchy in which only male monarchs may bear the title "king."
- Coordinate term: princess consort
- Near-synonyms: king consort, emperor consort
1 more example
- Both the G.W.R. and the L.S.W.R. had to pay dearly for the privilege of entering the Royal Borough, for the Prince Consort drove a hard bargain with each.1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
2
The husband of a princess, who is not a prince in his own right.
Gender equality