NOUN | person | 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 |
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person | boniface, host, innkeeper | the owner or manager of an inn |
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). | |
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Synonyms | Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany | |
Category | Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church | The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
Instance of | 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 |
Meaning | The owner or manager of an inn. | |
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Synonyms | host, innkeeper | |
Narrower | hostess | A woman innkeeper |
padrone | An owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy | |
victualer, victualler | An innkeeper (especially British) | |
Broader | patron | The proprietor of an inn |
Spanish | anfitrión, fondista, hospedero, hostelero, mesonero, patrón de posada, posadero, ventero | |
Catalan | alberguer, fondista, hostaler |
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