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1. (n.) middleman
a person who buys goods from the producer and resells them to the retailer or consumer.
2. middleman
a person who acts as an intermediary.
Etymology: (1785–95)
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| Definition of 'middleman' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) jobber, middleman, wholesaler
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
2. (noun) interlocutor, middleman
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
3. (noun) contact, middleman
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
"he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
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1. (noun) middleman
sb who buys products from sb and sells them to other people for a profit
It's cheaper if you cut out the middleman.
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| Definition of 'middleman' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) middleman
an agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry
2. (noun) middleman
a person of intermediate rank; a commoner
3. (noun) middleman
the man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers
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| Definitions of 'middleman' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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middleman
One who works both ends against the middle.
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Sense: a dealer who buys goods from the person who makes or grows them, and sells them to shopkeepers or to the public; a wholesaler
You can save money by buying direct from the factory and cutting out the middleman.
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Afrikaans: middelman |
Arabic: سِمْسار، وَسيط |
Bulgarian: посредник |
Brazilian: intermediário |
Czech: zprostředkovatel |
German: der Zwischenhändler |
Danish: mellemmand |
Greek: μεσάζοντας |
Spanish: intermediario |
Estonian: vaheltkaupleja |
Farsi: دلال |
Finnish: välittäjä |
French: intermédiaire |
Hebrew: מְתַווֵך |
Hindi: बिचौलिया |
Croatian: posrednik |
Hungarian: közvetítő |
Indonesian: makelar |
Icelandic: milliliður |
Italian: intermediario |
Japanese: 仲買人 |
Korean: 대리업자, 중개자 |
Lithuanian: tarpininkas, didmenininka |
Latvian: starpnieks |
Malay: orang tengah |
Dutch: tussenpersoon |
Norwegian: mellommann/-ledd |
Polish: pośrednik |
Persian: دلال |
Pashto: دلال |
Portuguese: intermediário |
Romanian: intermediar |
Russian: посредник; оптовик |
Slovak: sprostredkovateľ |
Slovenian: posrednik |
Serbian: posrednik |
Swedish: mellanhand |
Thai: พ่อค้าคนกลาง |
Turkish: aracı |
Taiwanese: 經紀人,中間商,掮客 |
Ukrainian: посередник; комісіонер |
Urdu: دلال |
Vietnamese: người môi giới |
Chinese: 经纪人,中间人 |
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