opticians\'

[op-tish-uhn]

op·ti·cian

[op-tish-uhn]
noun
1.
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.
2.
a maker or seller of optical glass and instruments.

Origin:
1680–90; < French opticien < Medieval Latin optic(a) (see optics) + French -ien -ian

eye doctor, ophthalmologist, optician, optometrist (see synonym note at eye doctor).


1. See eye doctor.

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