单词 | veld-cornet |
释义 | > as lemmasveld-cornet veld-cornet n. = field-cornet n. 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 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of cavalry officer cornet1579 Rittmaster1587 exempt1670 rough-rider1740 veld-cornet1802 Rittmeister1827 cavalry officer1838 troop sergeant1853 1802 G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1899) IV. 324 I have the honor to add the original report of the Veld Cornet Nicholaus Johannes Roets, sent to me with those Hottentots. 1852 J. C. Brown tr. T. Arbousset & F. Daumas Narr. Explor. xxiii. 350 He went to the drinking place of a veldcornet, a kind of country magistrate. 1899 H. R. Haggard Swallow ix I, as Veld-Cornet of the district, have tried the case according to the law. < as lemmas |
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