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Cornet

//kɔɹˈnɛt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
  2. 2
    The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
  3. 3
    a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves wordnet
  4. 4
    A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
  5. 5
    The standard flown by a cavalry troop. obsolete
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  1. 6
    A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
  2. 7
    The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry). historical

    "No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened."

  3. 8
    A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. obsolete

    "They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them."

  4. 9
    A kind of organ stop.
  5. 10
    A hollow horn-like growth.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).

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