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"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To act as a middleman or intermediary."
],
"links": [
[
"middleman",
"#Noun"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪdəlmæn"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-middleman.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-middleman.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-middleman.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-middleman.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-middleman.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "mĭdʹəlmănʹ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "middle man"
},
{
"word": "middle-man"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Middle man"
],
"word": "middleman"
}
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