"go-between" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: go-betweens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} go-between (plural go-betweens)
  1. An intermediary or middleman. Categories (topical): People Translations (intermediary or middleman): посредник (posrednik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 中間人 (Chinese Mandarin), 中间人 (zhōngjiānrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 媒人 (méiren) (Chinese Mandarin), peranto (Esperanto), შუამავალი (šuamavali) (Georgian), internuntius [masculine] (Latin), internuntia [feminine] (Latin), kaiwhakaaweawe (english: between lovers) (Maori), takawaenga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-go-between-en-noun-tuVDtPxw Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'intermediary or middleman': 98 2
  2. (shogi) A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants, that can move one step straight forward or straight backwards. Categories (topical): Shogi, People Translations (shogi piece): 仲人 (chūnin) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-go-between-en-noun-fqiJQA9C Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 15 85 Topics: board-games, games, shogi Disambiguation of 'shogi piece': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intercessor, intermediary, middleman Related terms: go between

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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