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optimates

UK/ˌɒptɪˈmeɪtiːz/US/ˌɑptɪˈmeɪtiːz/

optimates is the plural of optimate.

Meaning of optimate

Noun

optimate (plural optimates)

  1. (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.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

Words that rhyme with optimates

Questions about optimates

What is optimates the plural of?
Optimates is the plural of optimate.
How do you pronounce optimates?
Optimates is pronounced /ˌɒptɪˈmeɪtiːz/ (UK).

Words near optimates in the dictionary

  1. optimalizes
  2. optimalizing
  3. optimally
  4. optimals
  5. optimate
  6. optimates
  7. optimation
  8. optimations
  9. optime
  10. optimedin
  11. optimes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: optimates (page history and authors); optimate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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