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Webster 1913 Edition
Middleman
Mid′dle-man
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
middleman
middleman
See also: middle man
English
Alternative forms
Noun
middleman (plural middlemen)
- An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties
- An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer
Synonyms
- intermediary
- mediator
- (intermediary dealer) grocer
Translations
intermediary — see intermediary
intermediate dealer between manufacturer and the retailer or customer
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