middleman
n.
intermediary; one acting as intermediary between two parties
Middle man
middleman
Noun
1. someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
(synonym) jobber, wholesaler
(hypernym) distributor, distributer
(hyponym) meat packer, packer
2. the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
(synonym) interlocutor
(hypernym) minstrel
(member-holonym) minstrel show
3. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
(synonym) contact
(hypernym) representative
Middleman
(n.)
The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.
(n.)
An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry.
(n.)
A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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