Definition: A masseur is a male massage therapist. Masseur comes from the French verb, masser, to massage. Massuer's first known use was in 1876.
Today masseur is considered to be an old-fashioned word, and most professionally trained men and women prefer to be called massage therapists. Spas also use the word massage therapist instead of masseur.
This is especially true because masseur has been taken up as a code word for "gay massage" by sites like www.masseurfinder.com, which offers therapuetic massage, sensual massage and erotic massage.
Pronunciation: ma-SUR
Common Misspellings: massuer
