The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cornetcy
Cornetcy \Cor"net*cy\ (k?r"n?t-s?), n. The commission or rank of a cornet.
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cornetcy
n. (context military historical English) The rank, rôle, or position of a cornet.
Usage examples of "cornetcy".
Our worthy acquaintance Mr Malachi Mulligan now appeared in the doorway as the students were finishing their apologue accompanied with a friend whom he had just rencountered, a young gentleman, his name Alec Bannon, who had late come to town, it being his intention to buy a colour or a cornetcy in the fencibles and list for the wars.