First Known Use: 1742
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boniface
noun bon·i·face \ˈbä-nə-fəs, -ˌfās\
Definition of BONIFACE
: the proprietor of a hotel, nightclub, or restaurant
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Origin of BONIFACE
Boniface, innkeeper in The Beaux' Stratagem (1707) by George Farquhar
Rhymes with BONIFACE
about-face, aerospace, anyplace, bouillabaisse, carapace, catalase, cellulase, commonplace, contrabass, cyberspace, database, diabase, diastase, double-space, elastase, everyplace, hydrolase, hydrospace, hyperspace, interface, interlace, interspace, invertase, kilobase, lemures, lowercase, marketplace, oxidase, pillowcase, reductase, Samothrace, single-space, steeplechase, thoroughbass, thoroughbrace, triple-space, uppercase
Boniface
biographical name Bon·i·face \ˈbä-nə-fəs, -ˌfās\
Definition of BONIFACE
Saint ca 675–754 Wynfrid or Wynfrith Eng. missionary in Germany
Boniface
biographical name
Definition of BONIFACE
name of 9 popes: especially VIII (Benedict Caetani) ca 1235(or 1240)–1303 (pope 1294–1303)
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