Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
middleman
n 1: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to
merchants rather than to the ultimate customers [syn: {jobber},
{wholesaler}]
2: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages
the others in talk [syn: {interlocutor}]
3: 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}]
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