infante
noun
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
infantes
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pluralof infante.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As the Maracaibo began to tow the Cloud to Turiamo Naval Base, nine Venezuelan infantes, or marines, parachuted onto the deck of the mystery ship.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chilly crypts also contain the tombs of the infantes and infantas, their white marble coffins stacked in circles like the layers of a wedding cake.
From Time Magazine Archive
This day was called the dies lustricus, the day of a purificatory rite; "est lustricus dies," says Macrobius, "quo infantes lustrantur et nomen accipiunt."
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
This domain derives its name from its having been once the patrimony of the infantes of Castile.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by William Hickling Prescott
No doubt the Moors would have agreed to this; it mattered little to them which of the infantes remained captive, but the council of war which Enrique summoned would not consent.
From The Red Book of Heroes by Arthur Wallis Mills
