noun.
A royal prince or princess of Spain or Portugal: as, the Infant Don Philip: not necessarily the heir to the throne. See infante, infanta.
To bring forth as an infant; hence, to give origin or rise to.
noun.
child during the earliest period of its life; a young child. See infancy.
noun.
In law, a person who is not of full age; specifically (in Great Britain, the United States, etc.), one who has not attained the age of twenty-one years.
noun.
A noble youth. See child, n., 8.
Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or characteristic of infancy; hence, tender; infantile; incipient: as, infant beauty; infant fortunes.
Of or pertaining to the legal state of infancy; minor.
Figuratively, not yet fully grown; still in an early stage of development or growth: as, infant colonies; an infant bud.