"middleman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: [ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-middleman.wav Forms: middlemen [plural]
enPR: mĭdʹəlmănʹ Rhymes: -ɪdəlmæn Etymology: From Middle English myddil man, equivalent to middle + man. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|myddil man}} Middle English myddil man, {{affix|en|middle|man}} middle + man Head templates: {{en-noun|middlemen}} middleman (plural middlemen)
  1. An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
    Sense id: en-middleman-en-noun-KqprO69Q
  2. An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer. Synonyms (intermediate dealer): grocer Translations (intermediate dealer between manufacturer and the retailer or customer): посредник (posrednik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mitjancer [masculine] (Catalan), tussenhandelaar [masculine] (Dutch), välittäjä (Finnish), välikäsi (Finnish), intermédiaire [feminine, masculine] (French), intermediario [masculine] (Galician), μεσάζων (mesázon) [masculine] (Greek), מְתַוֵּךְ (metavékh) [masculine] (Hebrew), tengkulak (Indonesian), interpres [feminine, masculine] (Latin), препродавач (preprodavač) [masculine] (Macedonian), orang tengah [neuter] (Malay), wasit [masculine] (Malay), r'vendeux [masculine] (Norman), mellommann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mellommann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pośrednik [masculine] (Polish), intermediário [masculine] (Portuguese), посре́дник (posrédnik) [masculine] (Russian), intermediario [masculine] (Spanish), mlanguzi (Swahili), mellanhand [common-gender] (Swedish), tagapamagitan (Tagalog), aracı (Turkish), komisyoncu (Turkish), komisyoner (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-middleman-en-noun-yMtxZa5h Disambiguation of 'intermediate dealer': 7 89 4 Disambiguation of 'intermediate dealer between manufacturer and the retailer or customer': 18 80 2
  3. (Ireland, historical) One who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry. Tags: Ireland, historical
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intermediary, go-between, mediator, middle man, middle-man Derived forms: cut out the middleman Coordinate_terms: middlewoman

Verb [English]

IPA: [ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-middleman.wav Forms: middlemans [present, singular, third-person], middlemanning [participle, present], middlemanned [participle, past], middlemanned [past]
enPR: mĭdʹəlmănʹ Rhymes: -ɪdəlmæn Etymology: From Middle English myddil man, equivalent to middle + man. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|myddil man}} Middle English myddil man, {{affix|en|middle|man}} middle + man Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} middleman (third-person singular simple present middlemans, present participle middlemanning, simple past and past participle middlemanned)
  1. To act as a middleman or intermediary.
    Sense id: en-middleman-en-verb-tfbNRT1-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: middle man, middle-man

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "pośrednik"
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