masseur
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of masseur
From French, dating back to 1875–80; see origin at massage, -eur
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Simmons' masseur and assistant, Mauro Oliveira, felt that Simmons was being "controlled" by his brother, manager and housekeeper, CNN reported.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2024
He told listeners he was tested for the disease after his "angel" of a masseur found a mark on his shin and that it had been "caught as early as possible".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
The masseur from Ceylon, whose balding head Gives him a curious look of tenderness, Uncurls his long crushed hands above my bed As though he were about to preach or bless.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2020
There was a lengthy debate about protocols for massages — both athlete and masseur have to wear masks and an eye shield, not the most relaxing experience.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2020
But the undisputed champ of the purgatives was born in the enterprising mind of a jockey’s masseur named Frank “Frenchy” Hawley.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
If doctors, pilots, bus and taxi drivers, restaurant and museum staff, journalists, police officers and even masseurs may work on Sundays, why not shop assistants?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
By the end of 2022, the governing body plans to close a rules loophole by broadening the roles that require British Gymnastics membership to include choreographers, physios and masseurs.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2022
With steamy stone rooms, masseurs and traditional singers, the bathhouses have been a staple of Aleppo life for centuries.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2019
In their prime, as bath lore has it, they were a hangout for gangsters who talked business in the saunas and so preferred deaf-mute masseurs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2016
Some of them stretched out on massage tables and let masseurs work the prerace tension out of their back and shoulder muscles.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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