Definition
gonfanon
noun
- a banner or flag, especially one carried in a procession or used as a standard by a military unit or organization
Usage: archaic or historical; also spelled 'gonfalon'
Examples
- The medieval knights marched into battle beneath their lord's gonfanon.
- The procession featured a magnificent gonfanon embroidered with the city's coat of arms.
- Each guild displayed its own gonfanon during the festival.
- The gonfanon fluttered in the wind above the castle walls.