Optimate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Optimate \Op"ti*mate\, a. [L. optimas, -atis, adj., optimates,
     n. pl., the adherents of the best men, the aristocrats, fr.
     optimus the best.]
     Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.] -- n. A
     nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [R.]
     --Chapman.


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