optimate
UK/ˈɒptɪmeɪt/
optimate noun: a member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble.
Noun
optimate (plural optimates)
- 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.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 112
- Over the same decade, the upper stratum of Visigothic society, the optimates gradually lost their influence.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 23
optimate meaning in Bengali
optimate in Bengali
- একজন অভিজাত, একজন কুলীন
Forms of optimate
| plural | optimates |
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Origin of optimate
From Latin optimātēs, masculine plural form of optimās (“best, noblest”).
Questions about optimate
- What does optimate mean?
- Optimate means a member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble.
- What is optimate in Bengali?
- Optimate in Bengali is একজন অভিজাত, একজন কুলীন. See Optimate meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is optimate?
- Optimate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce optimate?
- Optimate is pronounced /ˈɒptɪmeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of optimate?
- The plural of optimate is optimates.
Words near optimate in the dictionary
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