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cornopeans

cornopeans is the plural of cornopean.

Meaning of cornopean

Noun

cornopean (plural cornopeans)

  1. (obsolete) A large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston).
    • […]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.1857, Thomas Hughes, chapter 7, in Tom Brown's School Days, part I

Questions about cornopeans

What is cornopeans the plural of?
Cornopeans is the plural of cornopean.

Words near cornopeans in the dictionary

  1. Corno Flutes
  2. cornobble
  3. cornography
  4. cornoid
  5. cornopean
  6. cornopeans
  7. cornoside
  8. Cornouaille
  9. cornpatch
  10. cornpatches
  11. cornplate

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