matchmaker
1 Americannoun
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a person who arranges or tries to arrange marriages by introducing possible mates.
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a person who arranges matches for athletic contests, especially prizefights and wrestling matches.
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any person, organization, etc., that brings two parties together, as to effect a sale or other transaction.
an agent serving as a matchmaker between buyers and sellers.
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a person who brings together suitable partners for marriage
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a person who arranges competitive matches
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Origin of matchmaker1
First recorded in 1630–40; match 2 + maker
Origin of matchmaker2
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From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023
Matchmaker, matchmaker, plan me no plans I’m in no rush, maybe I’ve learned Playing with matches a girl can get burned.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023
Matchmaker Sima Taparia’s favorite word, “compromise,” was repeated to me so many times that people around me may as well have been chanting it as a mantra.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2020
Those initials also stood for Tommy the Matchmaker.
From Washington Post • May 14, 2020
I carried it down and didn’t even wait for Auntie Matchmaker to stop speaking to Ma before I thrust it at her.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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