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

“This is hypocrisy, and insensitivity of the highest order,” said rights activist Boniface Mwangi.

From Seattle Times

Hundreds attended the Mass in her name at St. Boniface in Anaheim, my family’s home parish for decades.

From Los Angeles Times

The second, a late, artful header from Victor Boniface, shattered its hopes.

From New York Times

He then provided the cross following a short corner with Boniface rising highest at the back post to head home his 17th goal of the season.

From BBC

That shift is happening much faster in former French colonies than in former British ones, according to Boniface Dulani, the director of surveys for Afrobarometer, a nonpartisan research organization.

From New York Times