field cornet
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Noun
field cornet (plural field cornets)
- (South Africa, historical) A civilian official in a drostdy, invested with the authority of a military officer and empowered to act as a magistrate.
- (South Africa, historical, military) The holder of a military rank equivalent to that of a lieutenant in the Boer armies as well as in the South African Army between 1960 and 1968.