'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]
Synonyms of 'middleman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- arbitrator,
- broker,
- chandler,
- connection,
- contact,
- dealer,
- deputy,
- distributor,
- entrepreneur,
- front,
- front man,
- go-between,
- importer,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- interpleader,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- jobber,
- liaison,
- link,
- marketer,
- mediary,
- mediator,
- medium,
- merchandiser,
- merchant,
- monger,
- mouthpiece,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- ombudsman,
- regrater,
- retail dealer,
- retail merchant,
- retailer,
- shopkeeper,
- spokesman,
- spokeswoman,
- storekeeper,
- tie,
- trader,
- tradesman,
- tradeswoman,
- trafficker,
- wholesaler