cornette
- noun
- /kɔrˈnɛt/
- Archaic
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cornete
- The knight rode with a colorful cornette fluttering from his lance during the parade.
Examples
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Each cavalry unit carried a unique cornette to identify themselves on the battlefield.
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The museum displayed an old cornette that once belonged to a famous regiment.
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The soldier proudly held his cornette aloft.
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A bright cornette fluttered in the wind during the parade.
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The knight rode with a colorful cornette fluttering from his lance during the parade.
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Each cavalry unit carried a unique cornette to identify themselves on the battlefield.
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The museum displayed an old cornette that once belonged to a famous regiment.
Synonyms
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A small flag carried by a military group to show its identity
A small flag carried on a knight's lance in the Middle Ages
A small narrow flag on the end of a knight's lance
A long narrow flag that ends in a point and flies on ships or lances
A small flag used by soldiers or surveyors to mark a place
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Etymology
Cornette for a small flag comes from the same old French root corne meaning 'horn', because pennons on a lance often looked like little horns or were used as signals, so cornette came to mean a little flag or standard.