middleman
- a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.
- a person who acts as an intermediary.
Origin of middleman
Related Words for middlemen
go-between, mediator, wholesaler, intermediator, influence, intercessor, broker, agent, entrepreneur, connection, intermediate, representative, distributor, salesman, fixer, jobber, intercederExamples from the Web for middlemen
Contemporary Examples of middlemen
This gambit means Aereo is avoiding paying anything to broadcasters or the middlemen it is replacing.
Literary agents are the middlemen between writers and publishing houses.
The company has amassed more than 70 worldwide resellers, middlemen like GoDaddy, who have pumped up sales volume.
There are no middlemen, no merchants to merchandise, no retailers to reinterpret.
Chanel, Armani, and Givenchy Present Their Haute-Couture Collections in ParisRobin Givhan
July 4, 2012
Jews found a profitable niche as middlemen between farmers in the hinterlands and large export firms in the port.
Historical Examples of middlemen
"Down with the middlemen," he cried, and was applauded vigorously.
A Spoil of OfficeHamlin Garland
Basil and François were, of course, the “middlemen,” and plied the paddles.
The Young VoyageursMayne Reid
Millions are wasted in advertising and in the profits of middlemen.
SocietyHenry Kalloch Rowe
There are no capitalists and no middlemen, and production is only "for use," not "for profit."
British SocialismJ. Ellis Barker
If you plunder all capitalists and all middlemen, the workers will certainly not be better off.
British SocialismJ. Ellis Barker
middleman
- an independent trader engaged in the distribution of goods from producer to consumer
- an intermediary
- theatre the interlocutor in minstrel shows