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
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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 Giovanni Villani
In 1419 Giovanni increased his popularity by founding the Spedale degli Innocenti, and in 1421 he was elected gonfalonier, or, as we might now say, President of the Republic.
From A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
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 M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
By the end of the 14th century the gonfalonier was the chief of the signiory.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
In some of the Guelf cities, there is "a gonfalonier of justice," to curb the nobility.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
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