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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My lifelong commitment to social justice and my eternal skepticism of power and avarice comes from what I learned growing up at St. Boniface in Anaheim.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 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
"We're disappointed," said 64-year-old village chief Boniface Djabia, sounding dejected.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
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
The fact was, after eight months in the Boniface Estate, none of us was sorry to move out of it.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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