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Gonfalon

//ˈɡɒnf(ə)lən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display.

    "Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd, Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of gonfanon. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From Middle English gonfalon, from Old French gonfalon, from Frankish *gunþifanō, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô.

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