cornet

[ kawr-net kawr-nit, kawr-net ]

noun

1. Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
2. a small cone of paper twisted at the end and used for holding candy, nuts, etc.
3. a pastry cone, usually filled with whipped cream.
4. British. a conical wafer, as for ice cream; cone.
5. a large, white, winged headdress formerly worn by the members of the Sisters of Charity.
6. a woman's headdress, often cone-shaped, usually of delicate fabrics and having lappets of lace or other material, worn by women from the 14th to the 18th century.
7. a pennant or flag used for signaling in a navy.
8. (formerly) the officer who carried the colors in a troop of cavalry:

   the cornet of horse.

cornet

/ ˈkɔːnɪt /

noun

1. Also calledcornet à pistonsˈkɔːnɪt ə ˈpɪstənzkɔrnɛ a pistɔ̃ a three-valved brass instrument of the trumpet family. Written range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E below middle C. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or A
2. a person who plays the cornet
3. See cornett
   a variant spelling of cornett
4. a cone-shaped paper container for sweets, etc
5. a cone-shaped wafer container for ice cream
6. (formerly) the lowest rank of commissioned cavalry officer in the British army
7. See field cornet
   short for field cornet
8. a starched and wired muslin or lace cap worn by women from the 12th to the 15th centuries
9. the large white headdress of some nuns

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornet¹

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, Old French, equivalent to corn horn (< Latin cornū; cornu ) + -et -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornet¹

C14: from Old French, from corn, from Latin cornū horn

Example Sentences

Therefore when we hear the sound of the cornet we should implore God to rebuild the Temple.

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A bugle or cornet is not good form, although I have heard it in small towns.

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M. Trinquier spun round to face the intruder, baton in one hand, cornet in the other.

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There is nothing criminal in preferring the cornet to any other wind instrument.

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Casting a last look upon his desolate kraal, the field-cornet turned his horse's head, and rode after the wagon.

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