Middleman
['mɪd(ə)lmæn] or ['mɪdl'mæn]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.
(n.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Agent, broker, factor,[2]. Commoner.
Typed by Clarissa
Examples
- It has the office of an intellectual middleman. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Monica