Boniface
Saint Wynfrith, a.d. 680?–755?, English monk who became a missionary in Germany.
a jovial innkeeper in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem.
(lowercase) any landlord or innkeeper.
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “doer of good.”
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How to use Boniface in a sentence
Boniface I., having been for some time concealed in the Catacomb of Felicitas, afterwards elaborately ornamented it.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe writer was present in the riverside town of St Boniface on a certain still evening during the August of 1894.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamThe landlord of the inn was a true Boniface; he had nothing of the Frenchman but his civility to the ladies.
Monsieur Boniface's establishment was really more of a day nursery than a school.
The enthusiasm displayed by this patriarchal Boniface for his mother was perfectly charming, its novelty being part of its charm.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. Lucas
British Dictionary definitions for Boniface
/ (ˈbɒnɪˌfeɪs) /
Saint . original name Wynfrith . ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
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