masseuse
nounUK /maˈsɜːz/ · US /məˈsuːs/
Etymology Borrowed from French masseuse, feminine of masseur.
1
A woman who performs massage; a female masseur.
- Oh! I'm a masseuse. I give people massages and stuff.Friends (TV series, episode 3.05)
2
Nonstandard A masseur; a man who performs massage.
- He was a great masseuse.2003, Helena B. Rich., L. C. S. W. Helena B. Rich, The Art of Masturdating: A Guidebook for Single Heterosexuals, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 103:
- He was a good masseuse, and could always make Jez relax.2012, Penny Dixon, Betrayed, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 57:
3 more examples
- Waited, got up, opened the door and saw the masseuse playing backgammon. Told him I was ready, didn't know what for. He waved me away, and I returned to the slab. By the time he came in, a mustached masseuse was sponging down a German woman on the opposite side of the marble; her husband sat on the perimeter watching (this was not a traditional hamam).1998, Bad Subjects Production Team, Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life, NYU Press, →ISBN:
- year unknown, Jamie Lake, BOOK 4 - Bad Boy: Naughty at Night: Bad Boy | Gay Romance MM Boyfriend Series, Jamie Lake Just less than a week ago, he'd said he'd tell Peter's parents, his school, the press, that Peter was an erotic masseuse.
- In most massages, both the male masseuse and the female client are naked and the focus is on erogenous zones.2011, Mark D West, Lovesick Japan: Sex Marriage, Romance, Law, page 152:
- Synonyms
- massotherapist
- Hypernyms
- massager
- Coordinate terms
- masseur