Cornet
An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
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.
A certain organ stop or register.
A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
The standard of such a troop.
The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
A headdress
A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
See Coronet, 2.
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Cornet Translations
cornet in Norwegian is kjeks
cornet in Spanish is portaestandarte
cornet in Swedish is glasstrut
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