winfred

1. 1.

   (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

   SynonymsBonifaceSaint BonifaceSt. BonifaceWynfrithApostle of Germany

   Broadermissionarysaint

   Roman Catholic

Other forms of winfred

plural

winfreds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about winfred

What does winfred mean?

winfred means "(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)".

How many syllables are in winfred?

winfred has 2 syllables: win-fred. The stress falls on "win". In IPA it is /ˈwɪnfɹɪd/.

What is another word for winfred?

Close synonyms include Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is winfred a common word?

winfred is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.