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gonfalonier [gon-fuh-luh-neer] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the bearer of a gonfalon.
- a chief magistrate or some other elected official in any of several medieval Italian republics.
Origin of gonfalonier 1580–90; French Italian gonfaloniere. See gonfalon, -ier2 Examples from the Web for gonfalonier Historical Examples of gonfalonier
In 1520, for example, he entered the Signory; and in 1521 he was Gonfalonier of Justice.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)
John Addington Symonds
In conclusion, he averred that this course would unite and secure the republic, and crown the Gonfalonier with glory.
History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy
Niccolo Machiavelli
From thenceforward there were no magnates among them, but there was added thereto the gonfalonier of justice.
Giovanni Villani
Segni was nephew of the Gonfalonier Capponi, and shared the anxieties of the moderate liberals during the siege of Florence.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)
John Addington Symonds
Galileo was of noble blood, and traced an ancestry to a Gonfalonier of Florence.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great – Volume 12
Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for gonfalonier gonfalonier noun
- the chief magistrate or other official of a medieval Italian republic, esp the bearer of the republic’s gonfalon