masseuse

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UK/maˈsɜːz/US/məˈsuːs/US/məˈsʊz/

noun

A woman who performs massage; a female masseur.

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Meanings

nounmasseuse (plural masseuses)

plural masseuses

  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. nonstandardA masseur; a man who performs massage.

    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.

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    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

    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

    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 & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Frenchmasseuse
  2. Englishmasseuse

Borrowed from French masseuse, feminine of masseur.

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Translations

Arabic مُدَلِّكَة
  • مُدَلِّكَة (mudallika)female masseur
Bulgarian масажистка
  • масажистка (masažistka)female masseur
Catalan massatgista
  • massatgistafemale masseur
Czech masérka
  • masérkafemale masseur
Danish massøse
  • massøsefemale masseur
Dutch masseuse
  • masseusefemale masseur
Esperanto masaĝistino
  • masaĝistinofemale masseur
Finnish hierojatar, hieroja
  • hierojatarfemale masseur
  • hierojafemale masseur
French masseuse
  • masseusefemale masseur
German Masseurin, Masseuse
  • Masseurinfemale masseur
  • Masseusefemale masseur
Hungarian masszőz
  • masszőzfemale masseur
Italian massaggiatrice
  • massaggiatricefemale masseur
Latin tractātrīx, ūnctrīx
  • tractātrīxfemale masseur
  • ūnctrīxfemale masseur
Norwegian Bokmål massøse
  • massøsefemale masseur
Polish masażystka
  • masażystkafemale masseur
Portuguese massagista, massageadora
  • massagistafemale masseur
  • massageadorafemale masseur
  • massajadorafemale masseur
Romanian maseză
  • masezăfemale masseur
Russian массажи́стка
  • массажи́стка (massažístka)female masseur
Spanish masajista
  • masajistafemale masseur
Swedish massös
  • massösfemale masseur
Ukrainian масажистка
  • масажистка (masažystka)female masseur

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

masseuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masseuse

MLA

“masseuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masseuse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “masseuse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masseuse.

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