Noun middleman has 3 senses
- jobber, middleman, wholesaler - someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
--1 is a kind of distributor, distributer
--1 has particulars: meat packer, packer
- interlocutor, middleman - the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
--2 is a kind of minstrel
--2 is a member of minstrel show
- 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"
--3 is a kind of representative
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