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Definition of Gonfanon
1. gonfalon [n -S] - See also: gonfalon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonfanon
Literary usage of Gonfanon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... boat of other parts of the Italian coast. Gone. In Naut, phraseology, carried
away. Gone-goose, an abandoned ship, or one given up as lost. gonfanon. ..."
2. Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest from the Roman de Rou by Wace (1837)
"WHO WAS CHOSEN TO BEAR THE DUKE'S gonfanon IN THE BATTLE. THEN the duke called
for his good horse; a better could not be found. ..."
3. Origin and History of the American Flag and of the Naval and Yacht-club by George Henry Preble, Charles Edward Asnis (1917)
"The great standard or banner of St. Mark was styled a gonfanon. The gonfanon was
bordered with fringe or twisted silk, and usually supported as shown in the ..."
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