optimate noun.
['ɒptɪmǝt] Pl. optimates
[ɒptɪ'meɪti:z, 'ɒptɪmǝts].
E17.[Latin optimates (pl.) aristocrats use as noun of optimas aristocratic, from optimus best.]A member of the patrician order in Rome;
gen. a noble, an aristocrat. Usu. in
pl. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲