Definition of optimate in English:

optimate

nounPlural optimates ˈɒptɪmət

1A member of the patrician order in ancient Rome.
he privately urged Cicero to determined action on behalf of the optimates
Example sentencesExamples
- Augustus was neither an optimate nor a popularis; he was both, or rather, could be either one as the situation required.
- The death of Pompey signalled the end of the optimate cause, and the beginning of Caesar's supremacy.
- Rome had already adopted the system of governing her Italian allies through the influence of the Optimates.
- Hostile optimate senators and personal enemies were quick to take advantage of the situation to bring down populares like Saturninus and Glaucia.
- As important as Africanus or Caesar in the history of the Republic, Sulla was a touchstone both for the popular and the optimate party.
- He could not force through his two demands in the face of stubborn opposition by the Optimates.
1. 1.1 A noble or aristocrat.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is impossible, that the People, as one Body Politick, should covenant with the Aristocracy or Optimates.
  He practiced law at Florence and observed with optimate disapproval the increasing disinclination of Giuliano and Lorenzo to share power with anyone but their intimates.
  The sovereign body empowered kings, princes and optimates and could remove them.
  As Nietzsche said they would, the plebs have got steadily Denser, the optimates Quicker still on the uptake.
  Synonyms
  nobleman, noblewoman, lord, lady, peer, peeress, peer of the realm, patrician, grandee, titled man, titled person, titled woman

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin plural optimates 'aristocrats', noun use of optimas 'aristocratic', from optimus 'best'.

词汇	optimate
释义	Definition of optimate in English: optimate nounPlural optimates ˈɒptɪmət 1A member of the patrician order in ancient Rome. he privately urged Cicero to determined action on behalf of the optimates Example sentencesExamples Augustus was neither an optimate nor a popularis; he was both, or rather, could be either one as the situation required. The death of Pompey signalled the end of the optimate cause, and the beginning of Caesar's supremacy. Rome had already adopted the system of governing her Italian allies through the influence of the Optimates. Hostile optimate senators and personal enemies were quick to take advantage of the situation to bring down populares like Saturninus and Glaucia. As important as Africanus or Caesar in the history of the Republic, Sulla was a touchstone both for the popular and the optimate party. He could not force through his two demands in the face of stubborn opposition by the Optimates. 1.1 A noble or aristocrat. Example sentencesExamples It is impossible, that the People, as one Body Politick, should covenant with the Aristocracy or Optimates. He practiced law at Florence and observed with optimate disapproval the increasing disinclination of Giuliano and Lorenzo to share power with anyone but their intimates. The sovereign body empowered kings, princes and optimates and could remove them. As Nietzsche said they would, the plebs have got steadily Denser, the optimates Quicker still on the uptake. Synonyms nobleman, noblewoman, lord, lady, peer, peeress, peer of the realm, patrician, grandee, titled man, titled person, titled woman Origin Late 16th century: from Latin plural optimates 'aristocrats', noun use of optimas 'aristocratic', from optimus 'best'.
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