cornett

/ kɔːˈnɛt /

noun

1. a musical instrument consisting of a straight or curved tube of wood or ivory having finger holes like a recorder and a cup-shaped mouthpiece like a trumpet

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornett¹

from Old French cornet a little horn, from corn horn, from Latin cornū

Example Sentences

In a recent interview with the AP, Davy Lloyd’s sister, Hannah Cornett, recalled how they grew up in Haiti because their parents are full-time missionaries, and that her brother learned Creole before he spoke English.

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Cornett said that the night of the killings, three vehicles carrying gang members had stopped the Lloyds and Montis, hitting her 23-year-old brother with the barrel of a gun and tying him up at his home as they stole their belongings.

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Hannah Cornett, Davy’s sister, told AP that they grew up in Haiti.

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Cornett said Montis, a Haitian, worked at Missions in Haiti for 20 years.

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Davy Lloyd later called his family to tell them that gang members hit him on the head with the barrel of a gun, forced him upstairs, stole their belongings and left him tied up, Cornett said.

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