gonfalonier

[ gon-fuh-luh-neer ]

/ ˌgɒn fə ləˈnɪər /

the bearer of a gonfalon.

a chief magistrate or some other elected official in any of several medieval Italian republics.

Origin of gonfalonier

1580–90; < French < Italian gonfaloniere. See gonfalon, -ier²

gonecystolith, goneness, goner, goneril, gonfalon, gonfalonier, gonfanon, gong, gong buoy, gongorism, gongyo

From 1502 to 1512 he was the right-hand man of the gonfalonier (the life president) of Florence, Soderini.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells
The next subject considered was the election of the new magistrate, namely, the Gonfalonier of Justice.

The Two First Centuries of Florentine History |Pasquale Villari
In 1520, for example, he entered the Signory; and in 1521 he was Gonfalonier of Justice.

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) |John Addington Symonds
Segni was nephew of the Gonfalonier Capponi, and shared the anxieties of the moderate liberals during the siege of Florence.

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) |John Addington Symonds

From thenceforward there were no magnates among them, but there was added thereto the gonfalonier of justice.

Villani's Chronicle |Giovanni Villani

gonfalonier

/ (ˌɡɒnfələˈnɪə) /

the chief magistrate or other official of a medieval Italian republic, esp the bearer of the republic's gonfalon