infanta

in·fan·ta | \ in-ˈfan-tə

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How to pronounce infanta (audio)

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Definition of infanta

: a daughter of a Spanish or Portuguese monarch

Examples of infanta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Thusly spurned by the Spanish infanta, Charles subsequently chose 14-year-old Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV of France and his taste-making Florentine wife Marie de’ Medici (and sister to Louis XIII), as his queen. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, "In London, Investigating the Personal Collection of an Art-Obsessed Royal," 17 Feb. 2018

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“Infanta.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infanta. Accessed 7 December 2019.

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