A commissioned officer who carries the colours belonging to a cavalry troop, equivalent to an ensign in the infantry; the junior subaltern rank in the horse.
·noun A headdress. II. Cornet ·noun ·see <<Coronet>>, 2. III. Cornet ·noun The standard of such a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Heb. shophar, "brightness," with reference to the clearness of its sound (1 Chr. 15:28; 2 Chr. 15:14...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. shophar), a loud-sounding instrument, made of the horn of a ram or a chamois (sometimes of an ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
An ensign of foot. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sli...