optician

/ɑpˈtɪʃən/

/ɒpˈtɪʃɪn/

Other forms: opticians

The person who makes your eye glasses is an optician. They work in the back room of the glasses shop, or at a factory, fabricating the lenses and attaching them to the frames.

While an optician can determine whether you are nearsighted or farsighted, if you have a medical eye problem, you probably want to visit an optometrist or an ophthalmologist. Both of these are eye doctors, but the latter has completed full medical training and has chosen eye health as a specialty.

Definitions of optician

1. noun

   a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
   synonyms: lens maker

   type of:

   skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

   a worker who has acquired special skills