Etymology

gonfanon

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Today it means: A banner with three "tails", typically with the middle one longer than the others, and three loops at the top representing where it would have been attached to a pole. Full definition →

Old French gonfanon
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  1. Old French · derived fromgonfanon
  2. English todaygonfanon

From Old French gonfanon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.