Boniface
Americannoun
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Saint Wynfrith, a.d. 680?–755?, English monk who became a missionary in Germany.
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a jovial innkeeper in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem.
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(lowercase) any landlord or innkeeper.
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a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “doer of good.”
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Some newcomers have “never opened a Bible, and know absolutely nothing,” said Rev. Boniface Endorf, a priest at St. Joe’s.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
“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
Bordeaux picked up a bonus point when Jalibert ploughed over and Ugo Boniface extended the lead before Salesi Rayasi inflicted one final blow on Toulon at the death.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
Kenyan activist and protest mobilizer Boniface Mwangi, 42, was arrested at his home to face charges of facilitating terrorism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 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
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