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contact man

British  

noun

  1. an intermediary or go-between

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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An easy, likable gladhander, he served Paramount Publix as Washington contact man.

From Time Magazine Archive

As contact man with the field, General Marshall had another Army ranker as Assistant Secretary of State for occupied areas: Major General John H. Hilldring, onetime Civil Affairs Division chief in the War Department.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a natural contact man for Southern conservatives who want to get their views to the Oval Office.

From Time Magazine Archive

He will be the top contact man with Washington for the firm, which does more than half of its business with the Federal Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trained to act as contact man with other races, there was a chance that Gordon had saved himself from whatever fate had been planned for the prisoners the Foanna had claimed.

From Key Out of Time by Norton, Andre

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