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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OPTIMATES
Op
`
ti
*
ma
"
tes,
n.
pl.
Etym:
[L.
See
Optimate.
]
Defn:
The
nobility
or
aristocracy
of
ancient
Rome,
as
opposed
to
the
populares.