infanta
nounUK /ɪnˈfantə/
Etymology Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.
1
The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
- It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 40:
- Related terms
- infante