Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman who gives massages professionally.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A woman who practises massage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A woman who practices massage.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A woman who performs massage; a female masseur.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a female massager

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, feminine of masseur, masseur; see masseur.]

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From French masseuse, feminine of masseur.

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  • Masseur: a kinesitherapist

    Masseuse: a trollop.

    (see my list)

    June 13, 2008