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Cornet   /kɔrnˈɛt/   Listen
noun
Cornet  n.  
1.
(Mus.)
(a)
An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
(b)
A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.
(c)
A certain organ stop or register.
2.
A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
3.
(Mil.)
(a)
A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. (Obs.) "A body of five cornets of horse."
(b)
The standard of such a troop. (Obs.)
(c)
The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
4.
A headdress:
(a)
A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
(b)
A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
5.
(Far.) See Coronet, 2.





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"Cornet" Quotes from Famous Books



... far along the rows of warmth and light The Christmas waits, with cornet and bassoon, Carolled "While shepherds watched their flocks by night." The bells ...
— The Lord of Misrule - And Other Poems • Alfred Noyes
... and eight or ten is a large party. It is needless for me to call the attention of a whip to the importance of his drag and horses and appointments being perfect. During the progress of the coach the guard who sits in the rear blows his horn at regular intervals. A bugle or cornet is not good form, although I have ...
— The Complete Bachelor - Manners for Men • Walter Germain
... seats rising circus-fashion to a ceiling decorated with silver stars and pink naked cherubs. The stage had upon it a table, some chairs, and a reading-desk draped in crimson cloth. Below the stage was a small orchestra, consisting of two fiddles, a cornet, drum, and a piano. There was also what seemed to Maggie a small choir, some women dressed in white and some men in black coats and white bow ties. Across the stage were suspended broad white bands of cloth with "Come to Jesus!" "Come now!" "He is ...
— The Captives • Hugh Walpole
... "J's 'Life of Goody Twoshoes' is a [Greek text omitted], a noble and enduring monument to the fame of that admirable Englishwoman," and so forth. But then Jones knows that he has lent the critic of the Beacon five pounds; that his publisher has a half share in the Lamp; and that the Cornet comes repeatedly to dine with him. It is all very well. Jones is immortal until he is found out; and then down comes the extinguisher, and the immortal is dead and buried. The idea (dies irae!) of discovery must haunt many a man, and make him uneasy, as the trumpets are puffing in his ...
— The Lock and Key Library • Julian Hawthorne, Ed.
... often inclined to look with disfavor upon the growing girl's or boy's "dabbling" in a hundred different directions. Not content with athletics and hunting, the boy will want to collect stamps or birds' eggs, to make a motor-boat and learn telegraphy; to take photographs and try his hand at the cornet; to experiment in chemistry and stuff an owl. Not content with dancing, sewing and cooking, the girl will want to master several poets and make attempts at painting; she will want to become more proficient at the piano and do some singing; she will want her share of photography ...
— Your Child: Today and Tomorrow • Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg


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