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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A son of a Spanish or Portuguese king other than the heir to the throne.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A son of a Spanish or Portuguese sovereign; in specific use as a title, a younger prince of the royal blood. The oldest son or heir apparent in Spain is called Prince of Asturias, and the heir apparent of Portugal was called Prince of Brazil until that country became independent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun historical Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish and Portuguese, both from Latin īnfāns, īnfant-, infant; see infant.]

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Spanish and Portuguese. See infant and infanta.

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