- 1a person or a company that buys goods from the company that makes them and sells them to someone else Buy direct from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman.
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- 2a person who helps to arrange things between people who do not want to talk directly to each other synonym go-between synonym intermediary He acted as a middleman in discussions between the two companies.
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