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MIDDLEMAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is in a position to give you special assistance

Example:

he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor

Synonyms:

contact; middleman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("middleman" is a kind of...):

representative (a person who represents others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk

Synonyms:

interlocutor; middleman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("middleman" is a kind of...):

minstrel (a performer in a minstrel show)

Holonyms ("middleman" is a member of...):

minstrel show (a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

Synonyms:

jobber; middleman; wholesaler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("middleman" is a kind of...):

distributer; distributor (someone who markets merchandise)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "middleman"):

meat packer; packer (a wholesaler in the meat-packing business)

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