matchmaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce matchmaker in British English:
UK [ˈmætʃmeɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce matchmaker in American English:
US [ˈmætʃˌmekɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
Word Origin
- matchmaker (n.)
- also match-maker, "marriage-broker," 1630s, from match (n.2) + maker. Related: Match-making.
Example
- 1. And for the matchmaker , this is a business and the women are commodities .
- 2. Choi is a matchmaker , bringing hundreds of south korean bachelors and single north korean female defectors together .
- 3. She considers herself an excellent matchmaker with a well-tested compatibility theory of her own-that a man and a woman should look alike .
- 4. Families often employ a matchmaker to help find a suitable spouse for their deceased loved ones .
- 5. Scientists played matchmaker by giving adult male rats access to sexually receptive females either once daily for two weeks or just once in two weeks .