"eye doctor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eye doctors [plural]
Etymology: From eye + doctor. Compare Faroese eygnalækni, Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, German Augenarzt. Etymology templates: {{af|en|eye|doctor}} eye + doctor, {{cog|fo|eygnalækni}} Faroese eygnalækni, {{cog|nb|øyelege}} Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, {{cog|de|Augenarzt}} German Augenarzt Head templates: {{en-noun}} eye doctor (plural eye doctors)
  1. (chiefly US) An optometrist or ophthalmologist. Tags: US

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