'Middleman' definitions:

Definition of 'middleman'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers [syn: jobber, middleman, wholesaler]
noun
The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk [syn: interlocutor, middleman]
noun
A person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" [syn: contact, middleman]

Definition of 'Middleman'

From: GCIDE
  • Middleman \Mid"dle*man\, n.; pl. Middlemen. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers. [1913 Webster]