The keeper of an inn, hotel, nightclub, or eating establishment.
[After Boniface, an innkeeper in The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar (1678-1707).]
boniface
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bon·i·face (bŏn'ə-fəs, -fās')  |
n.
The keeper of an inn, hotel, nightclub, or eating establishment.
The keeper of an inn, hotel, nightclub, or eating establishment.
| Obscure Words: boniface |
the proprietor of a hotel, nightclub or restaurant: innkeeper
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