Noun boniface has 2 senses
  1. Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany - (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
    --1 is a kind of missionary; saint
  2. host, innkeeper, boniface - the owner or manager of an inn
    --2 is a kind of patron
    --2 has particulars: hostess; padrone; victualer, victualler
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