middleman : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: middleman	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for middleman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
middleman n someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers Synonym(s): jobber, middleman, wholesaler the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk Synonym(s): interlocutor, middleman a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" Synonym(s): contact, middleman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Middleman \Mid"dle*man\, n.; 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.