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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORNET, n. [L., a horn. See Horn.]
1. An instrument of music, in the nature of a trumpet, sounded by blowing with the mouth. It was of a winding shape like a horn; used in armies and on occasions of joy.
David played before the Lord on cornets. 1 Samuel 6.
2. In modern usage, an officer of cavalry, who bears the ensign or colors of a troop. He is the third officer in the company.
3. A company of cavalry; a troop of horse. [Not used.]
4. The cornet of a horse [coronet[ is the lowest part of his pastern, that runs round the coffin and is distinguished by the hair that joins and covers the upper part of the hoof.
5. A little cap of paper in which retailers inclose small wares.
6. A scarf anciently worn by doctors.
7. A head dress.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves [syn: cornet, horn, trumpet, trump]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from diminutive of corn horn, from Latin cornu Date: 14th century 1. a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone 2. something shaped like a cone: as a. a piece of paper twisted for use as a container b. a cone-shaped pastry shell that is often filled with whipped cream c. British an ice-cream cone • cornetist or cornettist noun II. noun Etymology: Middle French cornette woman's headdress with a lappet, pennon, standard, from diminutive of corn Date: 1579 1. the standard of a cavalry troop 2. a. the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard b. the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the United States cavalry

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 Mus. a a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider. b its player. c an organ stop with the quality of a cornet. d a cornetto. 2 Brit. a conical wafer for holding ice-cream. Derivatives: cornetist n. cornettist n. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L cornu horn 2. n. Brit. hist. the fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours. Derivatives: cornetcy n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: earlier sense 'pennon, standard' f. F cornette dimin. of corne ult. f. L cornua horns

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cornet Cor"net (k?r"n?t), n. [F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. See Horn.] 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. --Cotgrave. 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.'' --Clarendon. (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. [Cf. Coronet.] (Far.) See Coronet, 2.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cornets) 1. A cornet is a musical instrument that looks like a small trumpet. N-VAR: oft the N 2. An ice cream cornet is a soft thin biscuit shaped like a cone with ice cream in it. (BRIT) = cone N-COUNT

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heb. shophar, "brightness," with reference to the clearness of its sound (1 Chr. 15:28; 2 Chr. 15:14; Ps. 98:6; Hos. 5:8). It is usually rendered in the Authorized Version "trumpet." It denotes the long and straight horn, about eighteen inches long. The words of Joel, "Blow the trumpet," literally, "Sound the cornet," refer to the festival which was the preparation for the day of Atonement. In Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15, the word (keren) so rendered is a curved horn. The word "cornet" in 2 Sam. 6:5 (Heb. mena'an'im, occurring only here) was some kind of instrument played by being shaken like the Egyptian sistrum, consisting of rings or bells hung loosely on iron rods.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kor'-net.

See MUSIC.

Moby Thesaurus

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