optician

[ op-tish-uhn ]

/ ɒpˈtɪʃ ən /

noun

a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.

a maker or seller of optical glass and instruments.

Origin of optician

1670–80; from French opticien, from Medieval Latin optic(a) (see optics) + French -ien -ian

synonym study for optician

1. See eye doctor.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH optician

eye doctor, ophthalmologist, optician , optometrist (see synonym study at eye doctor)

Words nearby optician

optic cup, optic decussation, optic disc, optic disk, optic foramen, optician, opticianry, opticist, optic lobe, optic nerve, optic neuritis

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Example sentences from the Web for optician

And an optician is just as likely as not to fit a near-sighted man with far-sighted glasses.
Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured|Chas. Cluthe & Sons
Singularly enough it was not the same plan as the Dutch optician's: it was another mode of achieving the same end.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11|Various
The justification for this feeling should be based not upon the commercial motive of the optician but upon his ignorance.
Civics and Health|William H. Allen
I walked to the town and called at the shop of a jeweller and optician, with whom we conversed.
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia|John Ward

If a telescope implies intelligence in the optician, does the eye imply none in its author?
The Heavenly Father|Ernest Naville

British Dictionary definitions for optician

optician

/ (ɒpˈtɪʃən) /

noun

Also called: optometrist a general name used to refer to an ophthalmic optician, a person qualified to examine the eyes and prescribe and supply spectacles and contact lenses
a general name used to refer to a dispensing optician, a person who supplies and fits spectacle frames but is not qualified to prescribe lenses

Compare ophthalmologist

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Medical definitions for optician

optician

[ ŏp-tĭsh′ən ]

n.

A person who practices opticianry.

单词	optician
释义	optician [ op-tish-uhn ] / ɒpˈtɪʃ ən / noun a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists. a maker or seller of optical glass and instruments. Origin of optician 1670–80; from French opticien, from Medieval Latin optic(a) (see optics) + French -ien -ian synonym study for optician 1. See eye doctor. WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH optician eye doctor, ophthalmologist, optician , optometrist (see synonym study at eye doctor) Words nearby optician optic cup, optic decussation, optic disc, optic disk, optic foramen, optician, opticianry, opticist, optic lobe, optic nerve, optic neuritis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for optician And an optician is just as likely as not to fit a near-sighted man with far-sighted glasses. Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured\|Chas. Cluthe & Sons Singularly enough it was not the same plan as the Dutch optician's: it was another mode of achieving the same end. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11\|Various The justification for this feeling should be based not upon the commercial motive of the optician but upon his ignorance. Civics and Health\|William H. Allen I walked to the town and called at the shop of a jeweller and optician, with whom we conversed. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia\|John Ward If a telescope implies intelligence in the optician, does the eye imply none in its author? The Heavenly Father\|Ernest Naville British Dictionary definitions for optician optician / (ɒpˈtɪʃən) / noun Also called: optometrist a general name used to refer to an ophthalmic optician, a person qualified to examine the eyes and prescribe and supply spectacles and contact lenses a general name used to refer to a dispensing optician, a person who supplies and fits spectacle frames but is not qualified to prescribe lenses Compare ophthalmologist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for optician optician [ ŏp-tĭsh′ən ] n. A person who practices opticianry. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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