cornopean
English
Noun
cornopean (plural cornopeans)
- (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:
- […] 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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Translations
large valved horn or trumpet
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