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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A male given name from Latin that is somewhat common in some African countries but otherwise of mainly historical use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
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noun
the owner or manager of an inn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: host, innkeeper
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Broader terms: patron
Narrower terms: hostess, padrone, victualer, victualler
noun
(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany
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Broader terms: missionary, saint
History
From Latin Bonifatius.
After Boniface, the innkeeper in George Farquhar's 1707 comedic play The Beaux' Stratagem.
