"bonus genius" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin bonus genius (literally “good spirit”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|bonus genius|lit=good spirit}} Learned borrowing from Latin bonus genius (literally “good spirit”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?|nolinkhead=1}} bonus genius
  1. A small wooden doll that is covered with a cape and made to vanish as part of a magic trick.
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  2. (obsolete) A good spirit or angel, seen as influencing a person's decisions in a good way. Tags: obsolete Translations (good spirit or angel, seen as influencing a person's decisions in a good way): hyvä haltija (Finnish), bon génie [masculine] (French), dobry duch [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-bonus_genius-en-noun-5SwpT~Zw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of "good spirit or angel, seen as influencing a person's decisions in a good way": 1 99
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