"middlemen" in the noun sense
1. jobber, middleman, wholesaler
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
2. interlocutor, middleman
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
3. contact, middleman
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
"he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"
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