cornet

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Then the stamping of heavy shoes on the badly planed floor, and, above all, the melancholy sounds of the clarionet and the shrill notes of the cornet were audible At the entrance of the ballroom, surrounded by tables and stools, two barrels of wine on stands presented their wooden taps, ready for those who wanted to quench their thirst.

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  1. noun Music A wind instrument of the trumpet class, having three valves operated by pistons.
  2. noun A piece of paper twisted into a cone and used to hold small wares such as candy or nuts.
  3. noun A headdress, often cone-shaped, worn by women in the 12th and 13th centuries.

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  • There was no happier group in all Africa than stood at that moment upon the shore of that lonely little vley CHAPTER TWENTY TURNED HUNTERS The field-cornet, then, had resolved upon turning hunter by profession-- a hunter of elephants; and it was a pleasant reflection to think, that this occupation promised, not only exciting sport, but great profit. —  The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
  • The lowest grade in the civil service was held by the registrar of a college, the highest by the Chancellor of the Empire; the cornet was at the bottom, the field marshal at the top in the army; and the deacon in a church was fourteen degrees removed from the Patriarch,--but all were tchin When, in 1700, the Patriarch Adrian died, the dignity was abolished by Peter who did not relish the idea of a rival power in the State. —  The Story of Russia
  • No. Field-cornet was a good old fellow and an old friend of mine, and he gave me the hint Thin-faced man. —  From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War
  • Sometimes we catch the sound of voices singing on a vessel, and up we go, leaping fairly into the air to get as near the sound as possible And should there be a violin, a guitar, flute, or a cornet--oh, yes, I know them all!--on a passing vessel, we float alongside just far enough under water to keep our bodies out of sight, while we take in the strains in our own peculiar way. —  Lord Dolphin
  • Then the stamping of heavy shoes on the badly planed floor, and, above all, the melancholy sounds of the clarionet and the shrill notes of the cornet were audible At the entrance of the ballroom, surrounded by tables and stools, two barrels of wine on stands presented their wooden taps, ready for those who wanted to quench their thirst. —  The French Immortals Series — Complete
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of corn, horn, from Latin cornū; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Under this form are included two different Roman forms: (1) Cornet, a horn, etc. (defs. 1—6), from Middle English cornet, a horn (bugle), from Old French cornet, French cornet, a horn, a bugle, a paper in the form of a horn, an inkhorn, etc., = Provencal cornet = Spanish cornete, masculine, a little horn, = Italian cornetto, a little horn, a bugle, an inkhorn, a cupping-glass, from Middle Latin cornetum, a horn (bugle), a kind of hood; mixed with a feminine form, Old French cornette, French cornette, a kind of hood, = Spanish Portuguese corneta = Italian cornetta, a horn (bugle), from Middle Latin corneta, a kind of hood, literally little horn, diminutive of Latin cornu (later Old French corne, etc.), a horn: see corn, corner, etc., and cf. horn. (2) Cornet, a standard or ensign, a troop of horse, an officer (def. 7) (not in Middle English), from French cornette = Spanish Portuguese corneta = Italian cornetta, a standard or ensign (orig. having two points or horns), hence a troop of horse bearing such a standard, and the officer commanding the troop; orig. same as Old French cornette, etc., diminutive of corne, etc., from Latin cornu, horn: see above.
 

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