contact, middleman
(noun) a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; “he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor”
interlocutor, middleman
(noun) the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
jobber, middleman, wholesaler
(noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
middleman (plural middlemen)
An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer.
(Ireland, historical) One who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry.
• middlewoman
• intermediary
• go-between
• mediator
• (intermediate dealer) grocer
middleman (third-person singular simple present middlemans, present participle middlemanning, simple past and past participle middlemanned)
To act as a middleman or intermediary.
Source: Wiktionary
Mid"dle*man, n.; pl. Middlemen (.
1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry.
2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
