infante
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of infante
1545–55; < Spanish or Portuguese; 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
With a beating heart the infante gladly followed his gaoler.
From The Red Book of Heroes by Mills, Arthur Wallis
He granted several places in the kingdom of Naples to the infante Ferdinand, with an annual stipend of fifty thousand ducats, chargeable on the public revenues.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling
You might as well assert that yonder poor fellow, my guide, whom I see you have made prisoner, is his nephew, the infante Don Sebastian.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
And as it began to rain the infanta sent word to the king, asking him to permit Philippe to remain that night, and to sleep in the palace with her brother, the infante.
From The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc by Rudder, Robert S.
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