What does "eye doctor" mean?

An optometrist or ophthalmologist.

Eye doctor

Common synonyms include: chiropodist, gynecologist, internist, neurologist, obstetrician, oculist.

noun

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Noun

1
An optometrist or ophthalmologist. US
2
a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye wordnet

From eye + doctor. Compare Faroese eygnalækni, Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, German Augenarzt.