Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gonfalonier

Gonfalonier , noun

[French gonfalonier: compare Italian gonfaloniere.]

He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer
(a)
An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church.
(b)
The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediaveal Italy.
(c)
A Turkish general, and standard keeper.