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Example sentences from the Web for cornetcyI learn incidentally that the acme of all heroism is the cornetcy of a dragoon regiment. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales|Bret Harte Stoutenburg, besides other rewards, had promised him a cornetcy of cavalry, should their plans be successful. The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II.|John Lothrop Motley So they bought Mr. Ferdinand Fitzroy a cornetcy in the —— regiment of dragoons. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, Issue 340, Supplementary Number (1828)|Various The king has appointed him to a cornetcy in the 3rd Royal Dragoon Guards, but he is going to be one of my aides-de-camp. With Frederick the Great|G. A. Henty
noun plural -ciesobsolete the commission or rank of a cornet Words nearby cornetcycorner table, corner the market, cornerwise, cornet, cornet-à-pistons, cornetcy, cornetfish, cornetist, cornett, corn exchange, corn factor Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |