cornetcy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I have to thank you for the cornetcy.
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
He was gazetted to a cornetcy; and entered life at an age when, if the manlier traits are ready to be developed, the worthless ones are equally sure to unfold themselves.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
So they bought Mr. Ferdinand Fitzroy a cornetcy in the —— regiment of dragoons.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 340, Supplementary Number (1828) by Various
He was sent to Eton and to Trinity College, and a cornetcy was bought for him in the Grenadier Guards.
From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald
"Twelve months since," said he, "you received from the Duke of Ormond in England the offer of a cornetcy in the Horse Guards."
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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