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middleman |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Middleman \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.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: middleman n 1: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers [syn: {jobber}, {wholesaler}] 2: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk [syn: {interlocutor}] 3: a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" [syn: {contact}]
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