Bonifacen.

1795 H. Cowley Town before You Prol. p. xiii A Boniface of late, placed near his door, ‘Good larders here, of genuine wines, rich store.’ In gold the gaudy invitation hung.

1803 J. Bristed Ανθρωπλανομενος I. 120 To give the characteristic features and to stamp the peculiar traits of honest Boniface.

1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. vii. 73 (note) The devolution of the whole actual business..of the inn upon the poor gudewife, was very common among the Scottish Bonifaces.

1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 59 I knew a burly Boniface who for many years kept a public-house in one of our rural capitals.

1912 G. R. Chester 5,000 an Hour viii. 104 Mr. Washer..looked no more like a boniface than he did like a little girl on communion Sunday.

1948 S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! xi. 135 Our Boniface smacked his lips over the room chart.

2015 Black Country Bugle (Nexis) 5 Aug. 5 In addition to the pubs, other dwellings came to light. Not only had Tom been a Boniface but also a landlord with several tenants.

1840 S. Carolina Temperance Advocate 10 Sept. 2/4 Chairs in their erect or recumbent position, their obsolete fore-legs aerially perched on high, made up the Bonifacial preludium of a bona-fide village inn.

1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight viii. 99 There is the landlord, in..his bonifacial apron.

1944 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 18 Nov. 32/3 (advt.) Bonifacial? Pedagogical? Communal? One-third Vermont village, 4 houses, wholly restored, totally 30 rooms... Ideal for school, club, or community development.