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boniface definition

boni·face (bän′ə fəs, -fās′)

noun

an innkeeper, restaurateur, etc.

Etymology: after Boniface, landlord in Farquhar's comedy, The Beaux' Stratagem

Boniface definition

Boni·face (bän′ə fəs, -fās′)

  1. Boniface, Saint (born Winfrid or Wynfrith) ( 675?-754?); Eng. monk & missionary in Germany: his day is June 5
  2. (born Benedetto Caetani) 1235?-1303; pope (1294-1303)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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