BONIFACE

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• BONIFACE (noun)
  The noun BONIFACE has 2 senses:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

2. the owner or manager of an inn

  Familiarity information: BONIFACE used as a noun is rare.

• BONIFACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Apostle of Germany; Boniface; Saint Boniface; St. Boniface; Winfred; Wynfrith

Instance hypernyms:

missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The owner or manager of an inn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

boniface; host; innkeeper

Hypernyms ("boniface" is a kind of...):

patron (the proprietor of an inn)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boniface"):

hostess (a woman innkeeper)

padrone (an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy)

victualer; victualler (an innkeeper (especially British))

 Context examples 

The proteins are from Ebola virus (Kikwit strain), Sudan virus (Boniface strain, which also causes Ebola virus disease), Marburg virus (Angola strain) and Lassa virus (Josiah strain).

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)