English

Noun

cornopean ‎(plural cornopeans)

1. (music, obsolete) A large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston).
   • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 7

     […] 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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