Etymology

boniface

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Today it means: The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper. Full definition →

Latin Bonifatius
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boniface · noun1

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

Boniface · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromBonifatius
  2. English todayBoniface

From Latin Bonifatius.

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