MATCHMAKER

matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker

(noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

matchmaker (plural matchmakers)

Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.

Synonyms: marriage broker, yenta (Judaism)

Antonym: matchbreaker

(by extension) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches.

Someone who makes matchsticks.

Source: Wiktionary


Match"mak`er, n.

1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding.

2. One who tries to bring about marriages.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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MECHANISM

(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”


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