oculist

noun

oc·​u·​list ˈä-kyə-list 

1

: ophthalmologist

2

: optometrist

Examples of oculist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And the biggest question hanging over Mozart is whether his teacher’s eminent father was actually murdered by a famous oculist who performed two fateful eye surgeries on him only months before his death. — Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French oculiste, from Latin oculus

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for oculist

• blastocyst
• bolshevist
• coexist
• egoist
• hedonist
• jihadist
• nativist
• reminisced
• trotskyist
• assist
• blacklist
• booklist

Kids Definition

oculist

noun

oc·​u·​list ˈäk-yə-ləst 

1

: ophthalmologist

2

: optometrist

Medical Definition

oculist

noun

oc·​u·​list ˈäk-yə-ləst 

1

: ophthalmologist

2

: optometrist