different between magistrate vs gonfalonier

English

Etymology

From Latin magistratus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæd??st?e?t/, /?mæd??st??t/
• Hyphenation: ma?gis?trate

Noun

magistrate (plural magistrates)

1. (law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
2. (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
3. (historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
4. (Quebec) A master's degree.

Synonyms

• (judicial officer): justiciary
• (master's degree): See master's degree

Derived terms

• chief magistrate
• magistracy

Translations

Anagrams

• sterigmata

Afrikaans

Noun

magistrate

1. plural of magistraat

French

Noun

magistrate f (plural magistrates, masculine magistrat)

1. magistrate (female)

English

Etymology

From Middle English gonfalonier, from Old French gonfalonier.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

gonfalonier (plural gonfaloniers)

1. one who bears the gonfalon
2. an official, particularly a chief magistrate of a mediaeval Italian republic; the bearer of the republic's gonfalon

Synonyms

• (1): standard-bearer

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French gonfalonier, from Old French gonfalonier.

Noun

gonfalonier m (plural gonfaloniers)

1. Alternative spelling of gonfalonnier

References

• “gonfalonier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• gonfanonier

Etymology

From gonfanon.

Noun

gonfalonier m (oblique plural gonfaloniers, nominative singular gonfaloniers, nominative plural gonfalonier)

1. gonfalonier

Descendants

• French: gonfalonier, gonfalonnier
• ? Middle English: gonfalonier
  • English: gonfalonier

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gonfalonier, supplement)