middleman
About 0.49 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
act as a middleman
- noun An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer.
The farmer sold his produce directly to stores without a middleman.
- noun One who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry.
- verb To act as a middleman or intermediary.
Similar words
wholesaler jobber interlocutor contact go-between mediator intermediary broker brokering ombudsman
Often followed by
between and in who is minorities to or for
Word family
middlemen
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