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.
[1913 Webster]