intermediary
[in-ter-mee-dee-er-ee]
- an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
- a medium or means.
- an intermediate form or stage.
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- being between; intermediate.
- acting between persons, parties, etc.; serving as an intermediate agent or agency: an intermediary power.
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Origin of intermediary
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emissary, negotiator, go-between, broker, mediator, medium, organ, entrepreneur, intercessor, influence, agent, instrument, connection, intermediate, delegate, vehicle, channel, fixer, cutout, intercederExamples from the Web for intermediary
Contemporary Examples
He is the intermediary between the human world and the spiritual world.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. ConsumerismDina Goldstein
November 8, 2014
Had the term not already been taken, Obama might well have called his intermediary path the “third way.”
The second is the possibility of an intermediary agreement in case a final status agreement will not be possible.
So the predator priest (who could sign) was actually an intermediary between the kids and their parents.
Alex Gibney’s ‘Mea Maxima Culpa’: Sex, Lies, and the Catholic ChurchMichael Moynihan
February 4, 2013
With most diseases spread by rodents, the mouse or rat or vole is only an intermediary (a “host”) for fleas and lice and the like.
Historical Examples
Nevertheless, the General pursued the negotiations with Paterno as intermediary.
The Philippine IslandsJohn Foreman
From 1529 he suffered no intermediary to come between Parliament and himself.
Henry VIII.A. F. Pollard
Is there any intermediary with whom one should get upon good terms?
This seemed to the intermediary like direct and conclusive orders from the principal.
Blow The Man DownHolman Day
The former was a well-educated man, who may have acted as intermediary.
The Secret HouseEdgar Wallace
intermediary
- a person who acts as a mediator or agent between parties
- something that acts as a medium or means
- an intermediate state or period
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- acting as an intermediary
- situated, acting, or coming between; intermediate
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Word Origin and History for intermediary
1788 (adj.); 1791 (n.), from French intermédiaire (17c.), from Medieval Latin intermedium, from Latin intermedius (see intermediate).
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