Boniface

American  

[bon-uh-feys, -fis, baw-nee-fas] / ˈbɒn əˌfeɪs, -fɪs, bɔ niˈfas /

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.”

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Boniface British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

“Finding Your Roots,” or dramas like “Sister Boniface Mysteries” and “Call the Midwife,” which has been going on forever!

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi said on Wednesday that he fears for his life after authorities installed spyware on his phone during his arrest last year.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Boniface Nkoma, a 48-year-old farmer on the Malawi side of the border, was biking home from market, carrying a sack of corn, when he crossed paths with four elephants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Another Kenyan activist, Boniface Mwangi, and Ugandan Agather Atuhaire were arrested in Dar es Salaam by suspected military officers on Monday and their whereabouts remain unknown.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

We talked and argued and considered, and we remembered our evenings in the library at the Boniface Estate when we had wondered what a rat civilization would be like.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien