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[ mid-l-man ] / ˈmɪd lˌmæn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR middleman ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural mid·dle·men.a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer. a person who acts as an intermediary. Origin of middleman1400–50; late Middle English: maker of girdles; see middle, man Words nearby middlemanmiddle lamella, middle latitude, middle lobe syndrome, Middle Loup, Middle Low German, middleman, middle management, Middlemarch, middle meningeal vein, middlemost, middle name Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for middlemanA more recent wrinkle is the doctor who prescribes from his own office, cutting out the middleman (read: pharmacist). New Study Says Doctors Can’t “Just Say No” to Their Patients|Kent Sepkowitz|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST But it turns out that the manager had received no such recording, due to some middleman botching the exchange. The Real Life of Llewyn Davis|Nicholas Mancusi|November 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Warby Parker's reinvention of the high-priced optical industry relied on one main tactic: cutting out the middleman. Warby Parker Thrives by Giving Away Glasses Whenever It Sells a Pair|Nina Strochlic|May 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST As is the case with all secondary markets, however, the middleman usually takes a piece. What to Do With Unwanted Gift Cards|Nina Strochlic|December 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Forget the middleman, and bring his message “straight to the people.” Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, John McCain, and More Sunday Talk|The Daily Beast Video|September 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST Welder, wel′dėr, n. a land-tenant holding under the farmer or middleman. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various The poultry she raised herself; for the fish, she was a middleman between fishermen and householders. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various It is the middleman, the profiteer, the new capitalist here who has become an ugly and a dominant power. The Devil's Paw|E. Phillips Oppenheim I'm not the principal party in the transaction—I'm only the middleman. The Making of a Soul|Kathlyn Rhodes The storekeeper is the middleman, really serving both producer and consumer. Our Domestic Birds|John H. Robinson
British Dictionary definitions for middleman
noun plural -menan independent trader engaged in the distribution of goods from producer to consumer an intermediary theatre the interlocutor in minstrel shows Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to middlemango-between, mediator, wholesaler, intermediator, influence, intercessor, broker, agent, entrepreneur, connection, intermediate, representative, distributor, salesman, fixer, jobber, interceder |