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Webster 1913 Edition


Gonfalonier

Gonˊfa-lon-ier′

,
Noun.
[F.
gonfalonier
: cf. It.
gonfaloniere
.]
He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer
; as:
(a)
An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church.
(b)
The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy.
(c)
A Turkish general, and standard keeper.