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Cornopean

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston). obsolete

    "[…]outside the school-gates were drawn up several chaises […] and a cornopean player, hired for the occasion, blowing away "A southerly wind and a cloudy sky," waking all peaceful inhabitants half-way down the High Street."

Etymology

From Latin cornus (“horn”) + English paean (“song of praise”).

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