D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Middleman

/mĭdʹəlmănʹ/ · Mid·dle·man · IPA /[ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn]/
01 n. 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 t…
pl. Middlemen
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.
  3. 3.
    The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.(Mil.)