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opticians

opticians noun: an optometry practice. Also the plural of optician.

Noun

opticians

  1. (UK) An optometry practice.
    • He spent a long and interested morning at the experimental farm at Rothamsted, and in the afternoon he went to the opticians to get a new pair of spectacles and attended to other small businesses.1924, H. G. Wells, The Story of a Great Schoolmaster

Also used as

opticians is also the plural of optician.

Questions about opticians

What does opticians mean?
Opticians means an optometry practice.
What part of speech is opticians?
Opticians is a noun.

Words near opticians in the dictionary

  1. opticalman
  2. opticalmen
  3. opticals
  4. optician
  5. opticianry
  6. opticians
  7. opticist
  8. opticists
  9. opticities
  10. opticity
  11. optick

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