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Noun
  • //a jacket made of corduroy
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1854, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
of obscure origin

NOTE: In the 18th century a name for a kind of coarse, thick-ribbed cotton fabric. It has been hypothesized that the word is a compound of cord as the name for a fabric and duroy, a coarse woolen fabric, but cord in this sense does not appear to be earlier than corduroy. Advertisements in the 1774 numbers of the Boston Gazette and Country Journal have cord, corduroy, duroy, as well as cordesoy and cordusoy (perhaps by association with padusoy, variant of paduasoy) in lists of fabrics for sale. The notion that corduroy is from French corde du roi, "king's cord," is fanciful.

Verb
derivative of corduroy entry 1
cor​net
noun (1)
cor·​net
kȯr-ˈnet British usually ˈkȯ-nit

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone
  • something shaped like a cone: such as
    a piece of paper twisted for use as a container
    a cone-shaped pastry shell that is often filled with whipped cream
    British an ice-cream cone
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • the standard of a cavalry troop
  • the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard
    the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the U.S. cavalry
Other Words
Noun (1)
  • cor​net​ist or cor​net​tist kȯr-ˈne-tist British usually ˈkȯ-ni-tist noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Noun (1)
cornucopia horn
Examples
Noun (1)
  • Examples
Noun
  • //a jacket made of corduroy
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1854, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
of obscure origin

NOTE: In the 18th century a name for a kind of coarse, thick-ribbed cotton fabric. It has been hypothesized that the word is a compound of cord as the name for a fabric and duroy, a coarse woolen fabric, but cord in this sense does not appear to be earlier than corduroy. Advertisements in the 1774 numbers of the Boston Gazette and Country Journal have cord, corduroy, duroy, as well as cordesoy and cordusoy (perhaps by association with padusoy, variant of paduasoy) in lists of fabrics for sale. The notion that corduroy is from French corde du roi, "king's cord," is fanciful.

Verb
derivative of corduroy entry 1
cor​net
noun (1)
cor·​net
kȯr-ˈnet British usually ˈkȯ-nit

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone
  • something shaped like a cone: such as
    a piece of paper twisted for use as a container
    a cone-shaped pastry shell that is often filled with whipped cream
    British an ice-cream cone
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • the standard of a cavalry troop
  • the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard
    the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the U.S. cavalry
Other Words
Noun (1)
  • cor​net​ist or cor​net​tist kȯr-ˈne-tist British usually ˈkȯ-ni-tist noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Noun (1)
cornucopia horn
Examples
Noun (1)
  • Examples
Noun
  • //a jacket made of corduroy
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1854, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
of obscure origin

NOTE: In the 18th century a name for a kind of coarse, thick-ribbed cotton fabric. It has been hypothesized that the word is a compound of cord as the name for a fabric and duroy, a coarse woolen fabric, but cord in this sense does not appear to be earlier than corduroy. Advertisements in the 1774 numbers of the Boston Gazette and Country Journal have cord, corduroy, duroy, as well as cordesoy and cordusoy (perhaps by association with padusoy, variant of paduasoy) in lists of fabrics for sale. The notion that corduroy is from French corde du roi, "king's cord," is fanciful.

Verb
derivative of corduroy entry 1
cor​net
noun (1)
cor·​net
kȯr-ˈnet British usually ˈkȯ-nit

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone
  • something shaped like a cone: such as
    a piece of paper twisted for use as a container
    a cone-shaped pastry shell that is often filled with whipped cream
    British an ice-cream cone
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • the standard of a cavalry troop
  • the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard
    the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the U.S. cavalry
Other Words
Noun (1)
  • cor​net​ist or cor​net​tist kȯr-ˈne-tist British usually ˈkȯ-ni-tist noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Noun (1)
cornucopia horn
Examples
Noun (1)
  • Examples
Noun
  • //a jacket made of corduroy
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1854, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
of obscure origin

NOTE: In the 18th century a name for a kind of coarse, thick-ribbed cotton fabric. It has been hypothesized that the word is a compound of cord as the name for a fabric and duroy, a coarse woolen fabric, but cord in this sense does not appear to be earlier than corduroy. Advertisements in the 1774 numbers of the Boston Gazette and Country Journal have cord, corduroy, duroy, as well as cordesoy and cordusoy (perhaps by association with padusoy, variant of paduasoy) in lists of fabrics for sale. The notion that corduroy is from French corde du roi, "king's cord," is fanciful.

Verb
derivative of corduroy entry 1
cor​net
noun (1)
cor·​net
kȯr-ˈnet British usually ˈkȯ-nit

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone
  • something shaped like a cone: such as
    a piece of paper twisted for use as a container
    a cone-shaped pastry shell that is often filled with whipped cream
    British an ice-cream cone
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • the standard of a cavalry troop
  • the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard
    the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the U.S. cavalry
Other Words
Noun (1)
  • cor​net​ist or cor​net​tist kȯr-ˈne-tist British usually ˈkȯ-ni-tist noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms: Noun (1)
cornucopia horn
Examples
Noun (1)