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cornetist

or cor·net·tist

[ kawr-net-ist ]

noun

  1. a musician who plays the cornet.


cornetist

/ kɔːˈnɛtɪst /

noun

  1. a person who plays the cornet
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cornetist1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; cornet + -ist
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Example Sentences

There was a wonderful cornetist, Koenig, who could have won another Eurydice from the shades with his playing.

Every theatrical newspaper man knows the anecdote of the German cornetist en tour with a minstrel company.

"Gi' me a call there on the bugle," said Haight rapidly to the cornetist.

Standing at the extreme inner edge of the walk was the cornetist.

The cornetist sounded a couple of notes, and the cotillon paused in the very act of the break.

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