# boniface

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,092

## Definitions
1. The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.

## Etymology
After Boniface, the innkeeper in George Farquhar's 1707 comedic play The Beaux' Stratagem.

## Common misspellings (11)
`bboniface`, `bnoiface`, `boinface`, `bonfiace`, `boniafce`, `bonifacce`, `bonifaec`, `bonifcae`, `bonifface`, `bonniface`, `obniface`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boniface