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cornet
UK /ˈkɔːnɪt/ US /kɔɹˈnɛt/
noun 8
Collocations
3ADJ.
brave, mere
VERB + CORNET
sent, translating
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
2
A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
3
A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
4
A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
5
A kind of organ stop.
noun
1
The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
2
The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
3
The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
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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They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
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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.
Wiktionary03
This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.
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