masseusen.
/maˈsəːz/, /məˈsəːz/, U.S. /mæˈsus/, /məˈsus/, /mæˈsəz/ A woman who practises massage, esp. professionally; a female masseur.
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rubber1616
strokera1637
strokesman1712
masser1787
shampooer1829
masseur1876
anma1877
masseuse1879
massager1889
massagist1889
massor1899
massotherapist1932
Rolfer1971
massage therapist1977
1879 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. (ed. 3) 73 Masseur is a male rubber, and masseuse a female rubber.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 342 Treves has seen a normal kidney worked out of its place by a vigorous masseuse who mistook it for a fæcal mass.
1900 G. Meredith Let. 11 Dec. (1970) III. 1379 She is to give an hour of each day to a trained and cheerful masseuse.
1975 O. Sela Bengali Inheritance viii. 68 Prostitutes..bar girls, masseuses and hangers on.
1987 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Nov. 139/2 Colette, their masseuse, used reflexology to suss out what bits of me were in..decay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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