MIDDLEMAN

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

Etymology

Noun

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.

Coordinate terms

• middlewoman

Synonyms

• intermediary

• go-between

• mediator

• (intermediate dealer) grocer

Verb

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