1. 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.