OPTICIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optician mean? 

• OPTICIAN (noun)
  The noun OPTICIAN has 1 sense:

1. a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision

  Familiarity information: OPTICIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTICIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

lens maker; optician

Hypernyms ("optician" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

 Context examples 

“To think that I had all that evidence in my hand and never knew it! I had intended, however, to go the round of the London opticians.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are indications that she has had recourse to an optician at least twice during the last few months.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of course, we always have the optician clue to fall back upon, but I take a short cut when I can get it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Yes,” I said, “I can follow each of your arguments. I confess, however, that I am unable to understand how you arrive at the double visit to the optician.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As her glasses are of remarkable strength, and as opticians are not very numerous, there should be no difficulty in tracing her.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)