cornet

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from diminutive of corn horn, from Latin cornu Date: 14th century 1. a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone 2. something shaped like a cone: as a. a piece of paper twisted for use as a container b. a cone-shaped pastry shell that is often filled with whipped cream c. British an ice-cream cone • cornetist or cornettist noun II. noun Etymology: Middle French cornette woman's headdress with a lappet, pennon, standard, from diminutive of corn Date: 1579 1. the standard of a cavalry troop 2. a. the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard b. the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the United States cavalry