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Definition of Cornett
1. Noun. A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cornett
1. an old musical instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornett
Literary usage of Cornett
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Cyphers was one of the men, and, indeed, to have been the principal one, whom
cornett had endeavored to interest in a trade for the notes, ..."
2. Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County, Virginia by Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls (1914)
"The second son, Levi cornett, married Olive Hale, daughter of Dudley Hale and
... The second son of Levi cornett and wife, Olive Hale, George W. cornett, ..."
3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1914)
"cornett Whipple took the freeman's oath. Caleb Hopkinson chose his brother Jonathan
Hopkinson as his guardian, who gave bond. Edward Smith chose Leonard ..."
4. The History of the County of Derby by Stephen Glover (1829)
"... which were also taken and himself slaine ; soc were the colours of the Duke
of Yorke taken, and his cornett slaine ; Colonel Stanhope himselfe wounded, ..."
5. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"In 1660 William Child was appointed for the cornett in the King's Musick, and,
as Dr. William Child, he still held the post in 1684, though, ..."
6. The Kentucky Law Reporter by Kentucky Court of Appeals (1904)
"The next morning he went to see cornett, telling him of his purchase of the ...
cornett said he did not want his money for nothing, and Ison told him if he ..."
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