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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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of matchmaker1
First recorded in 1630–40; match 2 + maker
Origin of matchmaker2
Vocabulary lists containing matchmaker
Example Sentences
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After waiting for years for a suitor, Aisha is frustrated and has turned now to enlist the services of an online matchmaker site to find a husband of her dreams: rich and educated.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
She once hired a matchmaker, and recently attended a run club.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
The humor of “Fiddler” was well accounted for in Lisa Fishman’s Yente, the matchmaker involved in everybody’s business.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
A movie where the perennially single New York matchmaker has finally met her match in two highly eligible bachelors?
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025
Ignoring the pleas of the matchmaker and his mother to continue meeting other women, he wrote the girl letters.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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