Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that makes lenses and eyeglasses.
- noun One that sells lenses, eyeglasses, and other optical instruments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person skilled in the science of optics.
- noun One who makes or sells optical glasses and instruments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One skilled in optics.
- noun One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
makes ordispenses lenses ,spectacles . - noun A person who
sells lenses ,spectacles etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
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Examples
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He was arrested on assault charges -- the optician, that is.
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If you can see me reading this in a cover letter and saying "interesting" your optician is a miracle worker.
Archive 2006-10-08 Miss Snark 2006
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Keep in mind that some online eye stores may call your optician if there are any questions regarding your eye prescription.
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No mathematical instrument maker was to be found in Glasgow, but Watt entered the service of a kind of jack-of-all-trades, who called himself an "optician" and sold and mended spectacles, repaired fiddles, tuned spinets, made fishing-rods and tackle, etc.
James Watt Andrew Carnegie 1877
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My last two pairs of lenses, both Varilux Comfort, one polarized, one clear, both in unbreakable polycarbonate, with non-reflective coatings, cost US$860 from a small private optician in New England.
eye glasses 2009
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My last two pairs of lenses, both Varilux Comfort, one polarized, one clear, both in unbreakable polycarbonate, with non-reflective coatings, cost US$860 from a small private optician in New England.
eye glasses 2009
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I was worried that the optician would stand on policy.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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My last two pairs of lenses, both Varilux Comfort, one polarized, one clear, both in unbreakable polycarbonate, with non-reflective coatings, cost US$860 from a small private optician in New England.
eye glasses 2009
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I was worried that the optician would stand on policy.
Generations 2009
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One's friendly, neighborhood optician occupies a special, trusted place in the pantheon of local commerce.
All in the Four-Eye Family Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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