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'''Cabinda''', Brazil: A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe a person from the Cabinda region of Angola. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.  
'''Cabinda''', Brazil: A term used in Brazilian Catholic Church registers to describe a person from the Cabinda region of Angola. Racial classifications were often based on physical appearance or social status; therefore, they were not always accurate.  
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Cornet, British: The fifth-ranking commissioned officer in a British infantry. The cornet carries the colors. The rank is equal with the ensign in the cavalry.  
Cornet, British: The fifth-ranking commissioned officer in a British infantry. The cornet carries the colors. The rank is equal with the ensign in the cavalry.  


'''Cornish''': A member of the ethno-linguistic group which originated in Cornwall. A speaker of the Brythonic Celtic language of Cornwall.
Coroner: A public official who inquires into deaths of people who did not die under the care of a physician or people whose deaths may not have been due to natural causes.  
Coroner: A public official who inquires into deaths of people who did not die under the care of a physician or people whose deaths may not have been due to natural causes.  


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