Category:Optimate

Op"ti*mate, a. Etym: [l. optimas, -atis, adj., optimates, n. pl., the Adherents of the best men, the aristocrats, fr. optimus the best.]

Defn: of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [r.] -- n.

Defn: a nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [r.] Chapman.