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gonfalon

/gon-fuh-luhn/US // ˈgɒn fə lən //UK // (ˈɡɒnfələn) //

贡法伦,贡法隆,贡法龙,贡夫龙

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.
    • : a standard, especially one used by the medieval Italian republics.

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Examples

  • The flame-colored abbey gonfalon on its gold lance flouted the German emperor when Bouvines great victory was won in 1214.

  • He registered a vow to set a watch on this solicitous cousin who offered so readily to bear his gonfalon.

  • The galley was driven ashore and the old fellow leapt on to the beach, the gonfalon being borne before him.

  • The Doge himself, seventy-two years and all, reared his gonfalon of gold in the Piazza and decided to lead the armament.

  • Gonfalon, gon′fa-lon, n. an ensign or standard with streamers—also Gon′fanon.