middleman
noun, plural mid·dle·men.
Origin of middleman
Related Words for middleman
go-between, mediator, wholesaler, intermediator, influence, intercessor, broker, agent, entrepreneur, connection, intermediate, representative, distributor, salesman, fixer, jobber, intercederExamples from the Web for middleman
Contemporary Examples of middleman
A more recent wrinkle is the doctor who prescribes from his own office, cutting out the middleman (read: pharmacist).
But it turns out that the manager had received no such recording, due to some middleman botching the exchange.
Warby Parker's reinvention of the high-priced optical industry relied on one main tactic: cutting out the middleman.
As is the case with all secondary markets, however, the middleman usually takes a piece.
Forget the middleman, and bring his message “straight to the people.”
Historical Examples of middleman
These landscape fellows buy their stuff direct, and the middleman's out.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
When the brick-house era sets in, the middleman will be rampant.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
The middleman has several and can thus adjust himself quickly.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
The important thing for you is that he is the middleman on whom you depend for the disease.
By the Christmas FireSamuel McChord Crothers
We're getting our goods cheap and we're cuttin' off the middleman.
A Spoil of OfficeHamlin Garland