Synonyms:
ophthalmologist, eye_doctor, oculist
Meaning: a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
Synonyms:
optometrist, oculist
Meaning: a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
Usage examples
An oculist, by all means.'
So I went to an oculist, and he turned a gasogene--I mean a gas-engine--into my eye.
For some little time past Mr. Edison had noticed that he was bothered somewhat in reading print, and I asked him to have an oculist give him reading-glasses.
When the oculist finished, he turned to me and said: 'I have been many years in the business, but have never seen an optic nerve like that of this gentleman.
Even as he thought, a great fear came upon Dick, a fear that made him hold his breath as he walked into the oculist's waiting room, with the heavy carved furniture, the dark-green paper, and the sober-hued prints on the wall.