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