a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases
eye doctor in American English
noun
1.
an ophthalmologist
2.
an optometrist
Word origin
[1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: interface, irredentist, jackpot, rain check, regionalism
Examples of 'eye doctor' in a sentence
eye doctor
If it's a real nuisance, an eye doctor can sort it out for you.
The Sun (2012)
There was also an eye doctor, a dental surgeon and a general physician.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The eye doctor asks me / if it was more like dust or soil, the matter my eye splays / against the empty walls.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
The sight in his left eye was saved by a corneal transplant and this set him on course to become an eye doctor himself.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
One minute you are a mildmannered eye doctor, living in the shadow of your dad.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
My eldest sister works at an auction house, the other is studying to become an eye doctor.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Only three eye doctors served six million people.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is little that eye doctors can do once the disease reaches its final stages.