optometrist

[ op-tom-i-trist ]

noun

1. a licensed professional who practices optometry.

optometrist

/ ɒpˈtɒmɪtrɪst /

noun

1. a person who is qualified to examine the eyes and prescribe and supply spectacles and contact lenses Also called (esp Brit)ophthalmic optician Compare optician ophthalmologist

Word History and Origins

Origin of optometrist¹

First recorded in 1900–05; optometr(y) + -ist

Synonym Study

See eye doctor.

Example Sentences

Optometrist Iqra Chaudhary, who spotted the abnormalities during Ms Hayes' eye examination, stressed the importance of getting regular eye tests.

From BBC

The optometrist, who ran for office for the first time in 2024, said that whatever happens in the future he does not want to lose his independence as he believes many MPs have been "hamstrung" by parties.

From BBC

On display through Sept. 22, the exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art, in Jackson, will have three parts: a 122-foot-long painting comprising 183 canvases by Noah Saterstrom that depict episodes in the life of his great-grandfather, Dr. David Smith, a traveling optometrist, and his descendants, including Saterstrom; historical artifacts illustrating Dr. Smith’s life; and a third section on the Asylum Hill Project, exploring the history of the Mississippi State Insane Hospital.

From New York Times

Saterstrom wrote that when he traveled to Jackson for the 2017 exhibition’s opening, he visited the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to explore his great-grandfather’s life, a mystery to him little discussed by his maternal grandmother, that traveling optometrist’s daughter.

From New York Times

Optometrist and entrepreneur Mr Patel, the founder of Ocushield, received the money in 2022 for work during 2020-21 on a potential new lighting product, a portable device which would project light that looked like daylight, even though it filtered out shorter wavelength blue light.

From BBC

Related Words

• ophthalmologist