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oculist

American  
[ok-yuh-list] / ˈɒk yə lɪst /

noun

  1. ophthalmologist.

  2. optometrist.

oculist British  
/ ˈɒkjʊlɪst /

noun

  1. med a former term for ophthalmologist

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Related Words

See eye doctor.

Other Word Forms

  • oculistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of oculist

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

Example Sentences

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Mrs. Cerra went to an oculist: he told her she would never see again.

From Time Magazine Archive

He used to sell them to thrifty persons who, consulting neither oculist nor optician, sought to remedy faulty vision with selections from Kresge counters.

From Time Magazine Archive

There Princess Elena consulted her oculist; for, beautiful though she is, she is said to be losing her eyesight.

From Time Magazine Archive

An oculist, if he is attentive, may recognize the tumor when it is no bigger than a pin head.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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