Definitions for bonzes

bonzes bonze

Spelling: [bonz]
IPA: /bɒnz/

Bonzes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in bonzes (benosz).

Definitions for bonzes

noun

  1. a Buddhist monk, especially of Japan or China.

Origin of bonzes

1580-90; Middle French Portuguese bonzo or New Latin bonzius Japanese bonsō, bonzō ordinary priest (bon- ordinary + sō priest Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese fán-sēng); or dialectal Jap

Examples for bonzes

When the bonze had gone off he turned around to look after his cart.

Then he realized that the pears the bonze had divided had been his own.

They were all in agreement: no bonze had come to trouble them.

He calls for a razor, shaves his head, and slips on the dress of a bonze.

The farmer fell into a rage and hastened after the bonze as fast as ever he could.

And then he realized that the pear-tree which the bonze had chopped down must have been his axle.

"These are dog's words, thou rogue of a bonze," said the boy.

When the bonze had begun to make his magic, the farmer, too, had mingled with the crowd.

The bonze climbed into the tree and handed down the pears to the bystanders.

"The bonze is generous, and his words are reasonable," said another.

Word Value for bonzes
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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