Definition of "field-cornet" [field-cornet]

• The magistrate of a township in Cape Colony, South Africa. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A couple of hours 'riding, then the farm of an old field-cornet, where we off-saddled and bought a few bundles of forage for our horses."
• "Whilst we were saddling up the field-cornet and his companion of the night before arrived."
• "The door was opened, and the strange-mannered old field-cornet entered."