cornopean

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cornus (“horn”) + English paean (“song of praise”).

Noun[edit]

cornopean (plural cornopeans)

  1. (music, obsolete) A large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston).
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes, chapter 7, in Tom Brown's School Days, part I:
      […] outside the school-gates were drawn up several chaises […] and a cornopean player, hired for the occasion, blowing away "A southerly wind and a cloudy sky," waking all peaceful inhabitants half-way down the High Street.

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