noun1. an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells goods, securities, etc, in return for a commission
insurance broker
2. (formerly) short for stockbroker
3. a dealer in second-hand goods
verb4. to act as a broker (in)
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-French
brocour broacher (of casks, hence, one who sells, agent), from Old Northern French
broquier to tap a cask, from
broque tap of a cask; see
broach1