See Also: gonfalonier(dictionary)

gonfalonier (iou)



gonfalonier noun. L16.
[French (Old French gonfanonier): see GONFALON, -IER.]
A standard-bearer; spec. (a) the Pope's standard-bearer; (b) Hist. any of various officials or magistrates in the Italian city-states.
gonfaloniership noun the office of a gonfalonier E18.