marriage broker

a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.

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First recorded in 1675–85

My dear Mr. Brockton, after all, I never undertook to be a marriage-broker!
Life at High Tide|Various
The Duchess had clipped the wings of the angel with the phrase of a marriage-broker.
The Cross of Berny|Emile de Girardin
Hearing of a likely girl from the marriage-broker, he visited her parents, who accepted his overtures with alacrity.
Tales of Bengal|S. B. Banerjea
"But you be a marriage-broker yourself," said Yankelé imprudently.
The King of Schnorrers|Israel Zangwill

"My dear Leibel," said the marriage-broker, deprecatingly shrugging his shoulders and spreading out his palms.
The King of Schnorrers|Israel Zangwill