(n.) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
(n.) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.
(n.) A certain organ stop or register.
(n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
(n.) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
(n.) The standard of such a troop.
(n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
(n.) A headdress
(n.) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
(n.) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
(n.) See Coronet, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) She held her service game to go 2-1 up and then broke to 30 after Cornet double-faulted.
(2) By this he presumably meant a cornet, which is at least an instrument, albeit not one that appears anywhere on Polar Bear’s album.
(3) Cornet, the 25th seed, had never beaten a top-20 player at a grand slam in 13 attempts.
(4) Chelsea overcome nerves to top group and move into last 16 at Porto’s expense Read more Although Paco Alcácer drew a save from Anthony Lopes, Lyon were the better side, allowed to travel a long way when they came forward, and it was not a huge surprise when Cornet scored.
(5) – but the tournament is not over for me.” In the last 16 Cornet will play the exciting 20-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, who reached the French Open semi-final earlier this month.
(6) She is clearly capable of bouncing back but Mouratoglou, speaking on Monday, less than 24 hours after her shock defeat by Alizé Cornet of France , said the American was not her usual competitive self.
(7) But while Cornet’s nerves must have been break-dancing around her body she didn’t show it.
(8) The broad similis group of Cornet & Chateau (1971), under which these 10 species of Synhelea were originally assembled, is not only maintained but expanded by a further 11 species.
(9) Three came and went before Cornet finally got the break and after that she never looked back.
(10) She double-faulted to give Cornet two breakpoints only to recover before, at 1-1, deuce, the umpire called them off.
(11) Grass is Williams’ domain, whereas Cornet had won just 10 of her 25 matches on the surface.
(12) But at 5-3 Cornet held her nerve and sealed the set by smashing a short ball away.
(13) Cornet won the first game of the second set and, having rediscovered her rhythm and confidence, then broke to go 2-0.
(14) The authors indicate the presence in People's Republic of Congo of the five following sandflies: Sergentomyia decipiens Theodor, 1931; Sergentomyia dissimillima Abonnenc, 1972; Sergentomyia tauffliebi Abonnenc and Cornet, 1971; Sergentomyia wansoni Parrot, 1938 and Sergentomyia squamipleuris Newstead, 1912.
(15) For months the paternity of little George (named after a cornet-playing gamekeeper) was in question.
(16) On one occasion tonsillitis turned out to be a magnificent slimming technique until I discovered 99 flake cornets were quite soothing.
(17) Not so long ago Cornet, a 24-year-old from Nice, hated playing on grass.
(18) After the break because of the rain I was so slow,” Cornet said.
(19) Cornet thumped her racquet bag in frustration but Williams’ winners kept coming.
(20) It was a surprise that followed hot on the heels of Williams’ exit at the hands of the unfancied Alizé Cornet and there was more drama to come for the world No1 when she had to pull out of her third-round doubles match with sister Venus.
Officer
Definition:
(n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.
(n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.
(v. t.) To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
(v. t.) To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
Example Sentences:
(1) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
(2) Until his return to Brazil in 1985, Niemeyer worked in Israel, France and north Africa, designing among other buildings the University of Haifa on Mount Carmel; the campus of Constantine University in Algeria (now known as Mentouri University); the offices of the French Communist party and their newspaper l'Humanité in Paris; and the ministry of external relations and the cathedral in Brasilia.
(3) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
(4) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
(5) Prior to joining JOE Media, Will was chief commercial officer at Dazed Group, where he also sat on the board of directors.
(6) "We do not yet live in a society where the police or any other officers of the law are entitled to detain people without reasonable justification and demand their papers," Gardiner wrote.
(7) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
(8) Former detectives had dug out damning evidence of abuse, as well as testimony from officers recommending prosecution, sources said.
(9) A tall young Border Police officer stopped me, his rifle cradled in his arms.
(10) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
(11) "We have peace in Sierra Leone now, and Tony Blair made a huge contribution to that," said Warrant Officer Abu Bakerr Kamara.
(12) The Labour MP urged David Cameron to guarantee that officers who give evidence over the alleged paedophile ring in Westminster will not be prosecuted.
(13) Peter Stott of the Met Office, who led the study, said: "With global warming we're talking about very big changes in the overall water cycle.
(14) It can also solve a lot of problems – period.” However, Trump did not support making the officer-worn video cameras mandatory across the country, as the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has done , noting “different police departments feel different ways”.
(15) A third autopsy of Tomlinson, conducted on behalf of the officer, agreed with the findings of the second postmortem.
(16) At the weekend the couple’s daughter, Holly Graham, 29, expressed frustration at the lack of information coming from the Foreign Office and the tour operator that her parents travelled with.
(17) With such protection, Dempster tended professionally to outlive those inside and outside the office who claimed that he was outdated.
(18) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
(19) The findings provide additional evidence that, for at least some cases, the likelihood of a physician's admitting a patient to the hospital is influenced by the patient's living arrangements, travel time to the physician's office, and the extent to which medical care would cause a financial hardship for the patient.
(20) When the standoff ended after 30 minutes, a French police officer told the migrants: “Here is your friend.