gonfalonier

/gon-fuh-luh-neer/US // ˌgɒn fə ləˈnɪər //UK // (ˌɡɒnfələˈnɪə) //

贡法罗尼耶,贡法洛尼耶

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the bearer of a gonfalon.
- : a chief magistrate or some other elected official in any of several medieval Italian republics.

Galileo was of noble blood, and traced an ancestry to a Gonfalonier of Florence.
From thenceforward there were no magnates among them, but there was added thereto the gonfalonier of justice.
Salvestro de' Medici was Gonfalonier of Justice at the time when the tumult first broke out.
Accordingly, in 1502, it was decreed that the Gonfalonier should hold office for life—should be in fact a Doge.
All shops were then to be closed, the artisans called to arms, and the Gonfalonier to be on the alert to punish all recusants.