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• n  a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses

• Arriving at Beowulf is still like visiting the optometrist: the movie screen is an eye chart, with pictures instead of letters.
• Telescopic spectacles have been in use for a number of years and as far as can be learned from the press, the optometrist in question has only added a cylindrical correction to .
• Billy lives through the war merely because he happens not to die in it, then becomes a husband and a prosperous optometrist for equally random reasons.

• oculist

News & Articles

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• Family of missing Great Falls optometrist not giving up hope
  The family of John Kumm, the Great Falls optometrist who was reported missing at Lake Elwell in Liberty County last week, has released a statement about his disappearance, and hopes to uncover clues as to what may have happened to him.
  June 12, 2013 - KTVQ Billings
• Family of missing Great Falls optometrist releases statement
  The family of John Kumm, the Great Falls optometrist who was reported missing at Lake Elwell in Liberty County last week, has released a statement about his disappearance.
  June 11, 2013 - KRTV Great Falls
• Search for missing Great Falls optometrist temporarily suspended
  Liberty County authorities have temporarily suspended any active searching for John Kumm, the Great Falls optometrist who disappeared last week.
  June 11, 2013 - KTVQ Billings

Quotes

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• Jimmy Carter in PR Newswire (press release)
  As parents, we regularly take our children to the dentist to help prevent cavities. Likewise, we should take our babies to the optometrist to help prevent potential eye and vision problems,said former President Carter. "Given my family's...
• Owen Garriott in MSNBC
  One day, the NASA optometrist came to me and said, 'Hey, Richard, your eyesight's really bad. I'm very sorry to be the one to inform you, but that's going to prevent you from ever being selected as an astronaut,'Garriott recalled. "For me,...
• Duncan Hunter in LifeNews.com
  I tell you what you he will receive, he will get an appointment with an optometrist so he can get a pair of eye glasses,Hunter added. "You know, if I can do 40 percent in this field, I'd probably win."