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‖ infante|inˈfante|
(Also 7 erron. infanta.)
[Sp., Pg. infante:—L. infānt-em infant n.1]
A son of the king and queen of Spain or Portugal other than the heir to the throne (who is called principe); spec. the second son.
Sometimes erroneously applied to the heir to the throne.
1555Eden Decades 242 The conquest of Affryke..began where the infante of Portugale Don Henrique..dyd begynne to enlarge it. 1615Bedwell Arab. Trudg., Sherif, The Heire apparant: the Dolphin, they call him in France: the Infanta, in Spaine. 1668Davenant Man's the Master ii. i. Wks. 1874 V. 30 You remember the triumphs at Burgos for the first Infante. 1704[see infanta 1]. 1715Lond. Gaz. No. 5337/1 The King, the Queen..and the two Infantes continue at Aranjuez. |