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gonfalon
['gɒnfәlәn]
n. 旌旗
  1. The soldier advanced again when they see their rising gonfalon.
    升起旌旗,士兵
  2. The soldier advanced again when they see their rising gonfalon.
    升起旌旗,士兵
  3. The soldiers advanced again when they saw their rising gonfalon.
    升起旌旗,士兵




Gonfalon \Gon"fa*lon\, Gonfanon \Gon"fa*non\, n. [OE. gonfanoun,
OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name
of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund
war (used in comp., and akin to AS. g[=u][eth]) + fano cloth,
flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. g[=u][eth]fana. See {Vane},
and cf. {Confalon}.]
1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or
states, such as the medi[ae]val republics of Italy, and in
more recent times by the pope.

2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a
crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast
itself.

Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air. --Milton.