[bon-uh-ven-cher, bon-uh-ven-] 
| 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. |
[bon-uh-ven-cher, bon-uh-ven-] Saint (“the Seraphic Doctor” ), 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian. |
| Bon·a·ven·ture (bŏn'ə-věn'chər) Italian theologian and philosopher who taught that the goal of all the arts and sciences is the direct contemplation of God. |