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

The board has been forgotten, but its presence looms over everything, not unlike the faded eyes of oculist Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, whose gaze sees all, even quietly desperate Bravo-show guest features that go nowhere. —Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024

In 2009, Ciotti planned and attended the wedding of F. to the oculist. —D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024

Correction: An earlier version of this article misidentified Boesmiller's eye surgery as a manipulation and described the specialist who fits eye prosthetics as an oculist. —Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 8 Jan. 2018

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
• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• checklist

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