BONIFACE


Meaning of BONIFACE in English

/bon"euh fays', -fis/ ; for 4 also Fr. /baw nee fanns"/ , n.

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. ( l.c. ) any landlord or innkeeper.

4. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning "doer of good."

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .