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"word": "matchbreaker"
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{
"ref": "2020 May 9, Tammy La Gorce, “Singles Have to Think Outside the Screen”, in New York Times",
"text": "As singles are stuck at home and social distancing makes traditional dating all but impossible, the coaching skills of matchmakers, now imparted online, are becoming more valuable.",
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}
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"Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people."
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"word": "marriage broker"
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{
"tags": [
"Judaism"
],
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}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāṭib",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خَاطِب"
},
{
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"roman": "ḵāṭiba",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَاطِبَة"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svat",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сват"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "sváccja",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сва́цця"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svatóvnik",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свато́вник"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svatóvnica",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свато́вница"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méirén",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "媒人"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méishuò",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "媒妁"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méipó",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "媒婆"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": ":fákērén",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "伐柯人"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dohazovač"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dohazovačka"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ægteskabsformidler"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"informal"
],
"word": "giftekniv"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "used as a name. Lit: Kirsten Marriage-knife",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"humorous"
],
"word": "Kirsten Giftekniv"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "koppelaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "koppelaarster"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "kosjasobitaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hjúnabandsmeklari"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "puhemies"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "avioliittovälittäjä"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "entremetteur"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "entremetteuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marieur"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marieuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apparieur"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "roa-gal",
"lang": "Gallo",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bassadou"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mač̣anḳali",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "მაჭანკალი"
},
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"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kuppler"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kupplerin"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ehestifter"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ehestifterin"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heiratsvermittler"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Heiratsvermittlerin"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"Jewish",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schadchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proxenitís",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "προξενητής"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proxenítra",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προξενήτρα"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shadchán",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שַׁדְכָן"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hjónabandsmiðlari"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"alt": "なこうど",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nakōdo",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "仲人"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"alt": "ばいしゃくにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "baishakunin",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "媒酌人"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"alt": "げっかひょうじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gekkahyōjin",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "月下氷人"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aittyruşy",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "айттырушы"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mei ʼɑɑʼɑndaək",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "មេអណ្ដើក"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jungmaein",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "중매인"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ttujaeng'i",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "뚜쟁이"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "juucu",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "жуучу"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "kazamentera"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conciliātrix"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piršlys"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piršlė"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "strojnik",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стројник"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ekteskapsformidler"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giftekniv"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ekteskapsformidlar"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giftekniv"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "swat"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "swatka"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casamenteiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svat",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сват"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sváxa",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сва́ха"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svátʹja",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "сва́тья"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "сну̀бок"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "snùbok"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dohadzovač"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dohadzovačka"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casamentero"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "casamentera"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcahuete"
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"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "celestina"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "äktenskapsmäklare"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-sʉ̀ʉ",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "แม่สื่อ"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "çöpçatan"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svat",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сват"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sváxa",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сва́ха"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sváška",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сва́шка"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"word": "người làm mối"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bà mối"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shadkhn",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שדכן"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 18 19",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "yente",
"sense": "someone who finds suitable marriage partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "יענטע"
}
]
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"glosses": [
"Someone who arranges professional boxing matches."
],
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[
"professional",
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],
[
"boxing",
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"(by extension) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
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"glosses": [
"Someone who makes matchsticks."
],
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],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "9 10 81",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proizvoditel na kibrit",
"sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
"word": "производител на кибрит"
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{
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"word": "មេអណ្ដើក"
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],
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],
"word": "сват"
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{
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],
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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],
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"word": "производител на кибрит"
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],
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"code": "fr",
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],
"word": "allumettière"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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],
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"code": "de",
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],
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],
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],
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"code": "ota",
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"sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
"word": "كبریتجی"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who makes matchsticks",
"word": "kibritçi"
}
],
"word": "matchmaker"
}
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