middleman
pronunciation
How to pronounce middleman in British English:
UK [ˈmɪdlmæn]
How to pronounce middleman in American English:
US [ˈmɪdlˌmæn]
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- Noun:
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
Word Origin
- middleman (n.)
- in the trading sense, 1795, from middle + man. From mid-15c. as the name of some type of workman in wire-making. From 1741 as "one who takes a middle course."
Example
- 1. Instead , he would use a middleman .
- 2. According to one report , the middleman was the wife of the brazilian ambassador .
- 3. The second is the difficulties of being a middleman .
- 4. Both sellers and buyers would do better than in the illegal market , where much of the money goes to the middleman .
- 5. The first matches unmet demand with unused supply , with the middleman taking a cut .