oculist

[ok-yuh-list]

noun

1. ophthalmologist.

2. optometrist.

oculist

/ ˈɒkjʊlɪst /

noun

1. med a former term for ophthalmologist

Other Word Forms

• oculistic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of oculist¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; French oculiste; ocul-, -ist

Word History and Origins

Origin of oculist¹

C17: via French from Latin oculus eye

Synonym Study

See eye doctor.

Example Sentences

He had the advice of an eminent oculist; and he eventually recovered the sight of that one eye.

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One of the first plays that pushed Soho Rep beyond dramatic classics, this eccentric Len Jenkin drama had a story, impossible to parse, which somehow involved occultists, oculists and a stolen diamond.

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Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away.

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This reminds one of the oculist in Mouse Alley, mentioned in the Spectator, who undertook to cure cataracts, in consequence of his having lost an eye in the Imperial service.

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He also practised surgery in an experimental fashion, and was frequently consulted as an oculist.

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Related Words

• ophthalmologist 
• optometrist