cornet

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū ("horn").
• From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua ("horns").