gonfalonier
Americannoun
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the bearer of a gonfalon.
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a chief magistrate or some other elected official in any of several medieval Italian republics.
noun
Etymology
Origin of gonfalonier
1580–90; < French < Italian gonfaloniere. See gonfalon, -ier 2
Example Sentences
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At the request of its gonfalonier, it was given in appanage to the prince of Piombino and his princess, a sister of Napoleon.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
From thenceforward there were no magnates among them, but there was added thereto the gonfalonier of justice.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
He also ordered, that as it had been customary for the gonfalonier to sit upon the right hand of the rectors, he should in future take his seat in the midst of them.
From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Machiavelli, Niccolò
Mino also has here a monument to Bernardo Giugni, a famous gonfalonier in the time of Cosimo de' Medici, marked by the same distinction, but not quite so memorable.
From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Then we entered the palace, led by Michael di Lando, who bore the standard of the gonfalonier of justice.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph
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