MIDDLEMAN

Mid″dle‐man (?), n.; 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. (Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.