Boniface

//ˈbɑn.ə.fɪs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
  2. 2
    the owner or manager of an inn wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin that is somewhat common in some African countries but otherwise of mainly historical use.
  2. 2
    A surname.

Synonyms

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apostle of germanyhosthostinnkeeper

Etymology

Etymology 1

After Boniface, the innkeeper in George Farquhar's 1707 comedic play The Beaux' Stratagem.

Etymology 2

From Latin Bonifatius.

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