Definition of Masseur

1. Noun. A male massager.

Generic synonyms: Massager

Definition of Masseur

1. n. m. One who performs massage.

2. n. A man who practices massage.

Definition of Masseur

1. Noun. (context: massage) a person (especially male) who performs massage ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Masseur

1. a man who massages [n -S]

Medical Definition of Masseur

1. 1. A man who massages. 2. An instrument used in mechanical massage. Origin: Fr. See massage (05 Mar 2000)

Literary usage of Masseur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standard Specifications for Personal Service by New York (N.Y.). Bureau of Standards (1917)
"masseur GROUP SYMBOL (NM) The term masseur Group is applied to those offices or employments of the Institutional Service in which incumbents are required to ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1891)
"... masseur A great advance in the treatment of adhesions between the ossicles has been made by ... masseur."

3. Victory Over Blindness: How it was Won by the Men of St. Dunstan's and how by Arthur Pearson (1919)
"It is not a new occupation for the blind, but in every case hitherto the blind masseur has been a person of superior intellectual attainments, ..."

4. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"Amos Kendall — Dr. Crouter — Peet — Rogers — Gillett— Noyes—Fay—Manual Method and Speech—Swedish Movements—The Bath—Electricity—The masseur and the ..."

5. China: The Country and Its People by George Waldo Browne (1901)
"But owing to the lack of trade, which is explained by the lack of proper means of transportation, BARBER AND masseur IN TEMPLE GROUNDS. they are mainly poor ..."

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