Definition of cornet Cornet

/kɔɹnɛˈt/ - [kornet] - cor•net

We found 24 definitions of cornet from 7 different sources.

What does cornet mean?

Noun Plural: cornets
cornet - a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
		horn, trumpet, trump
		brass instrument, brass a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

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cornet (Noun)
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
cornet (Noun)
A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
cornet (Noun)
A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence UK an ice cream cone .
cornet (Noun)
A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
cornet (Noun)
A kind of organ stop .
cornet (Noun)
The white headdress worn by the.
cornet (Noun)
The standard flown by a cavalry troop.

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.

cornet
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet.

cornet
kor′net, n. a brass treble wind-instrument, with a cup mouthpiece—also Cor′net-à-pis′ton, -ons: formerly the lowest grade of commissioned officer in the cavalry—the office was abolished in 1871, sub-lieutenant being substituted.—ns. Cor′netcy, the commission or rank of a cornet; Cor′netist, Cor′nist, a solo cornet-player. [Fr. cornet, dim. of corne, a horn, trumpet. See Corn, lit. horn.]

cornet
(Ital. cornetta, a “small flag”). Is the lowest grade of commissioned officers in the cavalry, equivalent to ensign in the infantry, his duty being to bear the standard. In the U. S. army there are no cornets.
cornet
In the military history of the ancients, an instrument much in the nature of a trumpet: when the cornet only sounded, the ensigns were to march alone without the soldiers; whereas, when the trumpet only sounded, the soldiers were to move forward without the ensigns. A troop of horse was so called.