infante
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of infante
1545–55; < Spanish or Portuguese; see infant
Example Sentences
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Dos años más tarde, el infante de Marina retirado murió de un fallo cardíaco a los 50 años.
From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2014
This irascible master, one of the warmest hearted of men underneath, taught drawing to the Don Baltasar Carlos whom Velasquez painted, and I fear the infante found him very cross at times.
From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
This friar told it in confession to his superior, and the superior to the infante don Manuel, who loves thee like his own soul.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 553, June 23, 1832 by Various
His wife and her sister, the princess of Beira, widow of his first cousin the infante Pedro, were less scrupulous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Chiüdi i lümi, o mio tesor, Dolce amor, Di quest’ alma, almo Signor; Fa la nanna, o regio infante, Sopra il fien, Caro ben, celeste amante.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
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