gumphion

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noun

A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.

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Meanings

noungumphion (plural gumphions)

plural gumphions

  1. historicalA flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.

    And then the funeral pomp set forth; saulies with their batons and gumphions of tarnished white crape, in honour of the well-preserved maiden fame of Mrs. Margaret Bertram.

    1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering
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APA

gumphion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumphion

MLA

“gumphion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumphion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gumphion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumphion.

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