middleman

See also: middle man

English

Alternative forms

• middle man
• middle-man

Etymology

From Middle English myddil man, equivalent to middle +‎ man.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: mĭdʹəlmănʹ
• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn]
• Rhymes: -ɪdəlmæn

Noun

middleman (plural middlemen)

1. An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
2. An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer.
3. (Ireland, historical) One who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry.

Synonyms

• intermediary
• go-between
• mediator
• (intermediate dealer) grocer

Coordinate terms

• middlewoman

Derived terms

• cut out the middleman

Translations

intermediary — see intermediary

intermediate dealer between manufacturer and the retailer or customer

• Bulgarian: посредник (bg) m (posrednik)
• Catalan: mitjancer m
• Dutch: tussenhandelaar m
• Finnish: välittäjä (fi), välikäsi (fi)
• French: intermédiaire (fr) m or f
• Galician: intermediario m
• Greek: μεσάζων (el) m (mesázon)
• Hebrew: מְתַוֵּךְ m (metavékh)
• Latin: interpres m or f
• Macedonian: препродавач m (preprodavač)
• Malay: orang tengah n, wasit m
• Norman: r'vendeux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mellommann m

  Nynorsk: mellommann m

• Polish: pośrednik (pl) m
• Portuguese: intermediário (pt) m
• Russian: посре́дник (ru) m (posrédnik)
• Spanish: intermediario (es) m
• Swahili: mlanguzi (sw)
• Swedish: mellanhand (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagapamagitan
• Turkish: aracı (tr), komisyoncu (tr), komisyoner

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• German: ^{(please verify)} Mittelsmann (de) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} intermediario (it) m, ^{(please verify)} mediatorio m
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} sprostredkovateľ m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} intermediario (es) m, (Mexico) ^{(please verify)} coyote (es) m
• Swedish: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} mellanhand (sv) c

Verb

middleman (third-person singular simple present middlemans, present participle middlemanning, simple past and past participle middlemanned)

1. To act as a middleman or intermediary.