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/ˈɒptɪmeɪt/ · noun
(historical) A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble..
The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate.
Over the same decade, the upper stratum of Visigothic society, the optimates gradually lost their influence.
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Optimate means (historical) A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble..
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The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate.
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