bonaventure
[ bon-uh-ven-cher, bon-uh-ven- ]
nounNautical.
a mast fitted with a lateen sail (bonaventure mizzen ) or lugsail, situated behind the mizzenmast at or near the stern, used in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
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Bonaventure
[ bon-uh-ven-cher, bon-uh-ven- ]
noun
Saint "the Seraphic Doctor", 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- Also Bonaventura.
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