Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Gonfanon   Listen
noun
Gonfanon, Gonfalon  n.  
1.
The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediaeval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.
2.
A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself. "Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Gonfanon" Quotes from Famous Books



... see, the ideational gonfalon under which surge the romanticists; but from the evidence at hand it is the banner to which life also bears allegiance. It is in humanity's records that it has reserved its honors for its romantic figures. It remembers ...
— Chivalry • James Branch Cabell


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com