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BONIFACE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The owner or manager of an inn

Synonyms:

boniface; host; innkeeper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("boniface" is a kind of...):

patron (the proprietor of an inn)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boniface"):

hostess (a woman innkeeper)

padrone (an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy)

victualer; victualler (an innkeeper (especially British))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

Synonyms:

Apostle of Germany; Boniface; Saint Boniface; St. Boniface; Winfred; Wynfrith

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

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