field cornet (English, noun)
expansion: field cornet (plural field cornets)
Senses:
glosses: A civilian official in a drostdy, invested with the authority of a military officer and empowered to act as a magistrate.
tags: South-Africa
historical
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: 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.
tags: South-Africa
historical
Forms:
form: field cornets
tags: plural