CORNET

(1) During XVI. and XVII. cent.’s was the name applied to the junior officer who carried the colors in a cavalry troop, also to the troop itself, hence ‘cornet of horse.’ (2) Bra wind instrument fitted with pistons which, being depre ed, either singly or in combination, produce with the natural notes of the tube a complete scale. 11° 46’ E.), town, Rome _ province, Italy; occupies site of ancient Tarquinii; has Romanesque church of XII. cent. and a museum of Etruscan antiquities. Pop. 7,500. blue flower, order Composite.