Definition of "gonfanon" [gonfanon]

• Alternative form of gonfalon. (noun)

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• "The _oriflamme_ was in the form of a gonfanon with two wings, made of a costly silk, fine and light, called"
• "Behind him flaunted the great gonfanon of Spain, and trump and cymbal heralded his approach."
• ""See," said De Graville, "how near yon lonely woman hath come to the tent of the Duke -- yea, to the foot of the holy gonfanon, which supplanted 'the Fighting Man!' pardex, my heart bleeds to see her striving to lift up the heavy dead!""