cornetcy
Britishnoun
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I have already applied to the Horse Guards on your behalf, and have the refusal of a cornetcy in the Light Dragoons.
From Vellenaux A Novel by E. W. (Edmund William) Forrest
This rule had been broken in the last reign when, in 1733, two officers lost their commands and, in 1735, Pitt his cornetcy for acting with the opposition.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
So they bought Mr. Ferdinand Fitzroy a cornetcy in the —— regiment of dragoons.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 340, Supplementary Number (1828) by Various
"Twelve months since," said he, "you received from the Duke of Ormond in England the offer of a cornetcy in the Horse Guards."
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Mrs. H—— became very desirous of procuring for her eldest son a cornetcy in the regiment once commanded by his father; as she was now too poor to purchase, the matter required management and negotiation.
From The Lumley Autograph by Susan Fenimore Cooper
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