Usually means: Medieval banner suspended from crossbar.
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  1. gonfanon: Merriam-Webster
  2. gonfanon: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gonfanon: Wordnik
  4. gonfanon: Wiktionary
  5. gonfanon: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. gonfanon: Dictionary.com
  7. Gonfanon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Gonfanon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Gonfanon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. gonfanon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. Gonfanon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. gonfanon: FreeDictionary.org

Definitions from Wiktionary (gonfanon)

noun:  (heraldry) 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.
noun:  Alternative form of gonfalon [A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display.]

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