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[ˈkɔːnɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider
- a cone-shaped wafer filled with ice cream
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Origin
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late Middle English (originally denoting a wind instrument made of a horn): from Old French, diminutive of a variant of Latin cornu ‘horn’
[ˈkɔːnɪt], (Noun)
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- the fifth grade of commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours. It is still used in some British cavalry regiments for officers of the rank of second lieutenant
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mid 16th century: from French cornette, diminutive of corne (originally a collective term), based on Latin cornua ‘horns’. The word originally denoted a kind of woman's headdress, or a strip of lace hanging down from a headdress against the cheeks; later it referred to the pennon of a cavalry troop, hence the officer who carried the colours
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