middleman

middleman
n
1. broker, agent, interagent, medium, jobber, wholesaler, distributor, dealer.
2. intermediary, intermediator, mediator, intercessor, interceder, intervener, go-between; moderator, arbiter, arbitrator, negotiator, third or disinterested party, umpire, referee, interlocutor, peacemaker, makepeace.
3. connection, contact, Inf. front, Inf. front man, U.S. Politics. lobbyist; advocate, consumer advocate, Sl.Nader-raider, champion, patron; spokesman, Inf. mouthpiece, solicitor, friend-at-court, ombudsman, ombudswoman.
4. diplomat, plenipotentiary, ambassador, envoy, emissary, minister, charge" d'affaires, legate, nuncio, internuncio.

A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.

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