masseuse

[ muh-soos, -sooz; French ma-sœz ]

1. a woman who provides massage as a profession or occupation.

masseuse

/ mæˈsɜːz /

noun

1. a woman who gives massages, esp as a profession

Word History and Origins

Origin of masseuse¹

From French, dating back to 1875–80; massage, -euse

Example Sentences

Never has the life of a happy-endings-masseuse turned fortune teller seemed more dangerous.

From The Daily Beast

After the news of masseuse lawsuits broke, the tabloids exploded, naturally.

From The Daily Beast

“We have this great four-foot-tall Thai masseuse out here, and she does a lot of Thai fighters,” Hardy told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

The masseuse followed more slowly, and three heads were thrust out over the street.

From Project Gutenberg

“Children, madame, are at once a joy and a trouble,” returned the masseuse evasively.

From Project Gutenberg

But he had been told also that the masseuse was a short woman, and height is not so easily simulated.

From Project Gutenberg

She borrows of every one, even the masseuse and the charwoman, my dear, its quite awful!

From Project Gutenberg

This nurse was a masseuse in the habit of Weir Mitchelling patients.

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