GO-BETWEEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go-between mean? 

• GO-BETWEEN (noun)
  The noun GO-BETWEEN has 1 sense:

1. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

  Familiarity information: GO-BETWEEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO-BETWEEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A negotiator who acts as a link between parties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator

Hypernyms ("go-between" is a kind of...):

negotiant; negotiator; treater (someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "go-between"):

mediatrix (a woman who is a mediator)

conciliator; make-peace; pacifier; peacemaker; reconciler (someone who tries to bring peace)

diplomat (a person who deals tactfully with others)

harmoniser; harmonizer (a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another)

interpreter; translator (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)

marriage broker; matcher; matchmaker (someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others)

moderator (someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence)

second hand (an intermediate person; used in the phrase 'at second hand')

 Context examples 

He may have stolen it from Pietro, he may have been Pietro’s confederate, he may have been the go-between of Pietro and his sister.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A go-between in the legislature

(Legislative Liaison, NCI Thesaurus)