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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The Marquis of Monferrato, a paladin of distinguished prowess, was gone overseas as gonfalonier of the Church in a general array of the Christian forces.
From The Decameron, Volume I by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
In 1293 was created the office of gonfalonier of justice, who carried out the orders of the signiory.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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 E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
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
Among the many dignities acquired by the Marquis in the course of his singularly chequered life was that of gonfalonier of the Holy Church, conferred upon him by Julius II.—L. and En.
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) by George Saintsbury
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