cornet

noun10

1. •
   A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
2. •
   An ice cream cone (the shell itself).
3. •
   (UK, old-fashioned) An ice cream cone (the unit comprising the shell and the ice cream).
4. •
   A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
5. •
   (historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

   • No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened. — 1972
6. •
   A kind of organ stop.
7. •
   The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
8. •
   A hollow horn-like growth.
9. •
   (no longer used) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

   • They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them. — 1702
10. •
    (no longer used) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.