Boniface

[ bon-uh-feys, -fis; 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.
3. (lowercase) any landlord or innkeeper.
4. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “doer of good.”

Boniface

/ ˈbɒnɪˌfeɪs /

noun

1. Boniface, Saint?680?755MAnglo-SaxonRELIGION: missionaryRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: saint Saint . original name Wynfrith . ?680–?755 ad , Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5

Example Sentences

In the small, dark, dingy parlors of country hotels, travelers on rainy days often now find copies of books that were sold, or rather traded, to the well-fed, good natured, boniface in exchange for entertainment.

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Then that became inaudible and the boniface who had stood for a brief space in the doorway, empty tankard in hand, re-entered the house satisfied that no more transient patronage would be forthcoming at present.

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It had scarcely the perfunctory smile of the professional boniface.

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"You were not wont to be so discourteous, my prince of bonifaces."

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He possessed, too, the genius of the successful boniface for knowing what would please his guests.

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