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oculist

UK/ˈɒkjəlɪst//ˈɑkjəlɪst/

oculist noun: an eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.

oculist: an eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist
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Noun

oculist (plural oculists)

  1. An eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or 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, Max Carrados

oculist meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

oculist in Tamil

கண் மருத்துவர், கண்ணாடியர்

oculist in Urdu

بصری حکیم

oculist in Bengali

an oculist, an ophthalmic surgeon
অক্ষিভিষক okkhibhiśok

oculist in Malayalam

കണ്ണുവൈദ്യൻ, നേത്രചികിത്സകൻ
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oculist in Kannada
ಕಣ್ಣುಮಾಂಜುಗ, ನೇತ್ರ ವೈದ್ಯ, ನೇತ್ರ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸಕ, ನೇತ್ರ ತಜ್ಞ

Forms of oculist

pluraloculists

Origin of oculist

From French oculiste (“oculist”), from Latin oculus (“eye”).

Questions about oculist

What does oculist mean?
Oculist means an eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
What is oculist in Tamil?
Oculist in Tamil is கண் மருத்துவர், கண்ணாடியர். See Oculist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oculist?
Oculist is a noun.
How do you pronounce oculist?
Oculist is pronounced /ˈɒkjəlɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of oculist?
The plural of oculist is oculists.

Words near oculist in the dictionary

  1. oculigerous
  2. oculimotor
  3. oculinid
  4. oculinids
  5. oculism
  6. oculist
  7. oculistic
  8. oculists
  9. oculo-
  10. oculo-vestibular
  11. oculoauditory

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: oculist (page history and authors); oculist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oculist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষিভিষক (Bengali) (page history and authors); oculist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oculist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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