‖a. [ F., fr. L. bonus. ] Good; valid as security for something. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Good will; good fellowship; agreement. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Amer. Sp. bonasí, prob. from native name. ] (Zool.) (a) A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also aguaji and, in Florida, black grouper. (b) Also, any one of several other similar fishes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ L. ] In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] Good faith; honesty; freedom from fraud or deception. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OE., also bonere, OF. bonnaire, Cotgr., abbrev. of debonnaire. See Debonair. ] Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good. ] In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes. [ 1913 Webster ]