middleman
[ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn]
middleman noun: an intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
Noun
middleman (plural middlemen)
- An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
- act as a middleman
- cut out the middleman
- An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer.
- The farmer sold his produce directly to stores without a middleman.
- Online platforms often eliminate the need for a middleman.
- Synonyms:
- grocer
- One who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry.
Verb
middleman (third-person singular simple present middlemans, present participle middlemanning, simple past and past participle middlemanned)
- To act as a middleman or intermediary.
middleman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
middleman in Hindi
- intermediate dealer between manufacturer and the retailer or customer
- बिचौलिया bicauliyā
middleman in Tamil
- இடை ஈட்டாளர், இடைத்தரகர்
middleman in Urdu
- واسطہ
middleman in Malayalam
- intermediary, go-between, dealer
- മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥൻ, മൂന്നാളൻ, മൂന്നാമൻ, മൂന്നാൻ, മധ്യവർത്തി, മദ്ധ്യമൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- middleman in Kannada
- ಮಧ್ಯವರ್ತಿ, ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಗಾರ, ದಲಾಲ, ದಳ್ಳಾಳಿ
- middleman in Tagalog
- tagapamagitan
- middleman in Malay
- orang tengah, wasit
- middleman in Indonesian
- tengkulak
Synonyms of middleman
Forms of middleman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | middlemen |
| alternative form | middle man |
| alternative form | middle-man |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | middlemans |
| present participle | middlemanning |
| past participle | middlemanned |
| past | middlemanned |
Origin of middleman
From Middle English myddil man, equivalent to middle + man.
Words formed from middleman
Phrases with middleman
Questions about middleman
- What does middleman mean?
- Middleman means an intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
- What is middleman in Hindi?
- Middleman in Hindi is बिचौलिया (bicauliyā). See Middleman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is middleman?
- Middleman can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce middleman?
- Middleman is pronounced [ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn].
- What is the plural of middleman?
- The plural of middleman is middlemen.
Words near middleman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: middleman (page history and authors); middleman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); middleman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); middleman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); middleman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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