boniface

A noun referring to the owner or manager of an inn or hotel.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das den Besitzer oder Leiter eines Hotels oder Gasthofs bezeichnet.

1. Innkeeper or hotel manager C2 formal

   The owner, manager, or keeper of an inn, hotel, or similar establishment.

   • The boniface greeted the weary travelers at the door.
   • He worked as a boniface for over thirty years in the countryside.
   • The old boniface knew all his regular guests by name.

   🇩🇪Gastwirt

   Synonyme: hosthotelierinnkeeperlandlordpublican