‖ 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.
| 1555 Eden Decades 242 The conquest of Affryke..began where the infante of Portugale Don Henrique..dyd begynne to enlarge it. 1615 Bedwell Arab. Trudg., Sherif, The Heire apparant: the Dolphin, they call him in France: the Infanta, in Spaine. 1668 Davenant Man's the Master ii. i. Wks. 1874 V. 30 You remember the triumphs at Burgos for the first Infante. 1704 [see infanta 1]. 1715 Lond. Gaz. No. 5337/1 The King, the Queen..and the two Infantes continue at Aranjuez. |