Meanings
plural oculists
- An eye doctor: either an ophthalmologist or an optometrist.
Five minutes later, […] Carrados was arranging to take rooms for his attendant and himself for the short time that he would be in London, seeing an oculist.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
nouna medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinoculus“eye”
- Frenchoculiste“oculist”
- Englishoculist
From French oculiste (“oculist”), from Latin oculus (“eye”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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