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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ok-yuh-list
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk yə lɪst



Définition of oculist

Origin :
  • "eye doctor," 1610s, from French oculiste (16c.), from Latin oculus "an eye" (see eye (n.)).
  • As in eye doctor : noun medical doctor specializing in eyes
Example sentences :
  • The oculist from whom you obtained your lenses will tell you their magnifying power.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various
  • Eleven came, and with it the oculist, and by luncheon time I had a second blue eye!
  • Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
  • He spent a miserable night, and went next day to Louvain, to see the oculist.
  • Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier
  • The oculist turned to us with an expression of acute interest.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Green Ray » by William Le Queux
  • And then the oculist suggested that we should have a look at Sholto.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Green Ray » by William Le Queux
  • She had been to an oculist, who found that the trouble was in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Dentists are a factor of Zion City, and it is said he also used an oculist.
  • Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten
  • The oculist then studies the length of the eye and the muscle of accommodation.
  • Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen
  • Among wonderful things is a sore-eyed man who is an oculist.
  • Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
  • The remedy then is to consult an oculist and get a pair of cylindrical eyeglasses.
  • Extract from : « Pleasures of the telescope » by Garrett Serviss

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