Boniface

[bon-uh-feys, -fis, 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. Saint . original name Wynfrith . ?680–?755 _ad , Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5

Example Sentences

Boniface Mwabukusi, the president of the Tanganyika Law Society, says many people are afraid to come out and share their stories for fear of victimisation.

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A second protest on 17 June led to the shooting at point-blank range of one civilian, street vendor Boniface Kariuki, who later died.

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James Orengo, a veteran politician and governor of Siaya county, said it was "ridiculous to charge Boniface Mwangi and our children who have demonstrated a high level of political consciousness with terrorism".

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Boniface Kariuki was reportedly selling masks when a uniformed police officer fired a bullet at close range, critically injuring him.

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Boniface Mwangi, one of the activists who had visited Ms Njeri in custody, said she told them that police had ransacked her house and taken her phone, laptop and hard drives.

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