Cornet

Definitions

1. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
2. The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
3. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
4. The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
   obsolete
5. A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
6. The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
   historical
7. A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
   obsolete
8. A kind of organ stop.
9. A hollow horn-like growth.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

“This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.”

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