field-cornetn.

Brit.

/ˈfiːldˌkɔːnᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈfil(d)ˌkɔrnət/, South African English

/ˌfɪəldkɔːˈnet/,

/fɪəldˈkɔːnət/

Forms: see field n.¹ and cornetcy n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: field n.¹, cornet n.²

Etymology: < field n.¹ + cornet n.², after South African Dutch veldkornet (c1800; earlier as kornet in same sense).

South African. Now historical.

A minor magistrate in charge of a subdivision of a district of the Cape Colony and answerable to the landdrost.The office was abolished in 1916 and replaced by that of Justice of the Peace.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate > colonial and U.S.

peacemaker1683

field-cornet1800

veld-cornet1802

squire1817

1800 G. Yonge in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1898) III. 197 Correct Lists of all such Inhabitants as shall have taken out their regular License to kill Game, to be sent to the different Field Cornets in their Districts.

1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 67 Field-cornet..a magistrate who decides in the first instance little disputes that arise among the colonists.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 231 I was asked by a field-cornet what I had in my wagon.

1906 Accountant 29 Dec. 794/1 Very rarely nowadays is the field-cornet troubled in this connection, as almost invariably the death notice is sent direct to the nearest magistracy.

1937 H. C. Armstrong Grey Steel 171 Milner had dissolved the commando system, by which each ward was placed under a field-cornet and made responsible for its own police duties.

1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. vi. 92 Before he was eighteen he was a field-cornet, a local official.

Derivatives

ˈfield-ˌcornetcy n. the territory under the jurisdiction of a field-cornet.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under other specific governors or officials

sergeancy1371

limitation1535

commissionership1625

warnership1636

mairie1650

regency1656

grieveship1711

see land1732

residentship1800

banate1804

intendancy1810

field-cornetcy1826

inspectorate1883

1826 Times 17 Aug. 3/1 The ordinary resource of the old inhabitants..is to sell their property, and leave a district, or even a field-cornetcy, where they happen to be come obnoxious?

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 2/1 Her [sc. the Dutch housewife's] brandy liqueur is the praise of the county—or rather the ‘field-cornetcy’.

2005 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 31 152 Mosselbanks Rivier and Moddergat were key wheat- and wine-producing fieldcornetcies closely tied to the to the market in Cape Town.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	field-cornet
释义	field-cornetn. Brit. /ˈfiːldˌkɔːnᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfil(d)ˌkɔrnət/, South African English /ˌfɪəldkɔːˈnet/, /fɪəldˈkɔːnət/ Forms: see field n.¹ and cornetcy n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: field n.¹, cornet n.² Etymology: < field n.¹ + cornet n.², after South African Dutch veldkornet (c1800; earlier as kornet in same sense). South African. Now historical. A minor magistrate in charge of a subdivision of a district of the Cape Colony and answerable to the landdrost.The office was abolished in 1916 and replaced by that of Justice of the Peace. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate > colonial and U.S. peacemaker1683 field-cornet1800 veld-cornet1802 squire1817 1800 G. Yonge in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1898) III. 197 Correct Lists of all such Inhabitants as shall have taken out their regular License to kill Game, to be sent to the different Field Cornets in their Districts. 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 67 Field-cornet..a magistrate who decides in the first instance little disputes that arise among the colonists. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 231 I was asked by a field-cornet what I had in my wagon. 1906 Accountant 29 Dec. 794/1 Very rarely nowadays is the field-cornet troubled in this connection, as almost invariably the death notice is sent direct to the nearest magistracy. 1937 H. C. Armstrong Grey Steel 171 Milner had dissolved the commando system, by which each ward was placed under a field-cornet and made responsible for its own police duties. 1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. vi. 92 Before he was eighteen he was a field-cornet, a local official. Derivatives ˈfield-ˌcornetcy n. the territory under the jurisdiction of a field-cornet. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under other specific governors or officials sergeancy1371 limitation1535 commissionership1625 warnership1636 mairie1650 regency1656 grieveship1711 see land1732 residentship1800 banate1804 intendancy1810 field-cornetcy1826 inspectorate1883 1826 Times 17 Aug. 3/1 The ordinary resource of the old inhabitants..is to sell their property, and leave a district, or even a field-cornetcy, where they happen to be come obnoxious? 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 2/1 Her [sc. the Dutch housewife's] brandy liqueur is the praise of the county—or rather the ‘field-cornetcy’. 2005 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 31 152 Mosselbanks Rivier and Moddergat were key wheat- and wine-producing fieldcornetcies closely tied to the to the market in Cape Town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1800
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