Boniface

[ bon-uh-feys, -fis; for 4 also French baw-nee-fas ]

noun
  1. Saint Wynfrith, a.d. 680?–755?, English monk who became a missionary in Germany.

  2. a jovial innkeeper in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem.

  1. (lowercase) any landlord or innkeeper.

  2. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “doer of good.”

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Boniface

/ (ˈbɒnɪˌfeɪs) /


noun
  1. Saint . original name Wynfrith . ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5

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