infançon

Old Portuguese

FWOTD – 30 June 2013

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ĩ.fã.ˈt͡sõ/

Noun

infançon m (plural infanções)

a noble ranked below a ricome and above a cavaleiro
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 55 (facsimile):
  ⁊ cuidaron que fill era dinfançon ou dinfançõa
  and they thought that he might be the son of an infançon or of an infançon’s wife

Coordinate terms

infançõa
(Portuguese fidalgo ranks) fidalgo; ricome, infançon, cavaleiro, escudeiro

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