middleman
[ mid-l-man ]
/ ˈmɪd lˌmæn /
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noun, plural mid·dle·men.
a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.
a person who acts as an intermediary.
RELATED WORDS
go-between, mediator, wholesaler, intermediator, influence, intercessor, broker, agent, entrepreneur, connection, intermediate, representative, distributor, salesman, fixer, jobber, interceder
Nearby words
- middlebreaker,
- middlebrow,
- middleburg heights,
- middlebuster,
- middlehand,
- middlemarch,
- middlemost,
- middlesborough,
- middlesbrough,
- middlescence
Origin of middleman
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middleman
/ (ˈmɪdəlˌmæn) /
noun plural -men
an independent trader engaged in the distribution of goods from producer to consumer
an intermediary
theatre the interlocutor in minstrel shows
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middleman
in the trading sense, 1795, from middle + man. From mid-15c. as the name of some type of workman in wire-making. From 1741 as "one who takes a middle course."
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