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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Middleman \Mid"dle*man\, n.; pl. {Middlemen}.
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1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any
dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland,
one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and
then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry.
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2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.
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3. (Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file
of soldiers.
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