Definitions for gonfalonier

gonfalonier gon·fa·lon·ier

Spelling: [gon-fuh-luh-neer]
IPA: /ˌgɒn fə ləˈnɪər/

Gonfalonier is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 810 anagrams from letters in gonfalonier (aefgilnnoor).

Definitions for gonfalonier

noun

  1. the bearer of a gonfalon.
  2. 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 for gonfalonier

Segni was nephew of the gonfalonier Capponi, and shared the anxieties of the moderate liberals during the siege of Florence.

From 1502 to 1512 he was the right-hand man of the gonfalonier (the life president) of Florence, Soderini.

In 1520, for example, he entered the Signory; and in 1521 he was gonfalonier of Justice.

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

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

Francesco Valori, the firmest supporter of Savonarola, who had often held office as gonfalonier, was slain among others.

As prior and gonfalonier of justice he always had the public welfare at heart.

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

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

In conclusion, he averred that this course would unite and secure the republic, and crown the gonfalonier with glory.

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