optician
noun /ɒpˈtɪʃn/
/ɑːpˈtɪʃn/
- (also ophthalmic optician)(both British English)(especially North American English optometrist)a person whose job is to examine people’s eyes and to recommend and sell glassesTopics Medicinec1, Jobsc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- dispensing
- ophthalmic
- at the optician’s
- to the optician’s
- (especially North American English) (British English usually dispensing optician)a person whose job is to make and supply glasses, but who does not test people's eyes
- optician’s(plural opticians)the shop where an optician works
- to go to the optician’s
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- barber’s
- butcher’s
- chemist’s
- dentist’s
- doctor’s
- fishmonger’s
- florist’s
- greengrocer’s
- grocer’s
- hairdresser’s
- ironmonger’s
- jeweller’s
- newsagent’s
- optician’s
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Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dispensing
- ophthalmic
- at the optician’s
- to the optician’s
- a person who makes lenses, glasses, etc.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French opticien, from medieval Latin optica ‘optics’.