1. a person who practices frottage, especially one who obtains sexual gratification by rubbing against others in crowded places
Usage: vulgar; offensive; psychology/criminology term
2. an artist who creates frottage, a technique of rubbing paper over a textured surface to produce an image
Usage: art term; rare

Examples

• The artist used frotteur techniques to capture the texture of tree bark on paper.
• In art history, frottage was pioneered by surrealist artists experimenting with texture transfer methods.