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/kɔɹˈnɛt/ · noun
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat..
They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.
No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened.
Use cornet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cornet means A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat..
Common synonyms include cornet-à-piston, cornet-à-pistons, horn, trumpet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
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