gonfalonier

[ gon-fuh-luh-neer ]

noun

1. the bearer of a gonfalon.
2. a chief magistrate or some other elected official in any of several medieval Italian republics.

gonfalonier

/ ˌɡɒnfələˈnɪə /

noun

1. the chief magistrate or other official of a medieval Italian republic, esp the bearer of the republic's gonfalon

Word History and Origins

Origin of gonfalonier¹

1580–90; < French < Italian gonfaloniere. See gonfalon, -ier ²

Example Sentences

Galileo was of noble blood, and traced an ancestry to a Gonfalonier of Florence.

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From thenceforward there were no magnates among them, but there was added thereto the gonfalonier of justice.

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Salvestro de' Medici was Gonfalonier of Justice at the time when the tumult first broke out.

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Accordingly, in 1502, it was decreed that the Gonfalonier should hold office for life—should be in fact a Doge.

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All shops were then to be closed, the artisans called to arms, and the Gonfalonier to be on the alert to punish all recusants.

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