infanta
Americannoun
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a daughter of a king of Spain or (formerly) Portugal
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(formerly) the wife of an infante
Etymology
Origin of infanta
1595–1605; < Spanish or Portuguese; feminine of infante
Example Sentences
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The standup collars, like the lace neck ruffs on a Spanish infanta in a Velázquez portrait, not only framed Elvis’s classical profile, but also seemed to hold up his noble head.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022
The Golden Compass, the 2007 film adaptation of the trilogy’s first book, could not, and was as burdened and immobilized by its special effects as a Spanish infanta in her brocade, farthingale, and jewels.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2019
He was sure this was no Van Dyck, but the famous “lost Velázquez” painted while the English prince was in Spain courting the infanta.
From Economist • Jan. 21, 2016
He would create a new political alliance between France and Spain by having the Spanish infanta, Mariana Victoria, marry Louis XV.
From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2015
In the afternoon of her first day in Chicago, Tuesday, June 6, the infanta had slipped out of her hotel incognito, accompanied by her lady-in-waiting and an aide appointed by President Cleveland.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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