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MIDDLEMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does middleman mean?
• MIDDLEMAN (noun)
The noun MIDDLEMAN has 3 senses:
1. someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
2. the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
3. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
Familiarity information: MIDDLEMAN used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
jobber; middleman; wholesaler
Hypernyms ("middleman" is a kind of...):
distributer; distributor (someone who markets merchandise)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "middleman"):
meat packer; packer (a wholesaler in the meat-packing business)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
interlocutor; middleman
Hypernyms ("middleman" is a kind of...):
minstrel (a performer in a minstrel show)
Holonyms ("middleman" is a member of...):
minstrel show (a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who is in a position to give you special assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
contact; middleman
Context example:
he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor
Hypernyms ("middleman" is a kind of...):
representative (a person who represents others)
Context examples
It is likely to emanate from your romantic or business partner, collaborator, or from a man or woman who acts like an agent or middleman who links you to the new opportunity.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Overall, with your seventh house so lit up, someone who cares about you and is committed to your happiness or success, be it a partner or middleman, will help you on March 11.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
One of these areas will be lucky for you, but a partner or middleman seems to be linked to your luck.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In this case, a collaborator or partner will be helpful to you—a financial advisor, a headhunter, coach, agent, mentor, or another middleman who can help your perspective and offer advice and make introductions.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Now that Mars will tour your partnership sector, it appears that whether or not you are self-employed, you will need a middleman to help you get ahead—a business partner, agent, lawyer, accountant, representative, headhunter, publicist, manager, or other such expert.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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