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match⋅mak⋅er

1[mach-mey-ker]
–noun
1. a person who arranges or tries to arrange marriages by introducing possible mates.
2. a person who arranges matches for athletic contests, esp. prizefights and wrestling matches.
3. any person, organization, etc., that brings two parties together, as to effect a sale or other transaction: an agent serving as a matchmaker between buyers and sellers.

Origin:
1630–40; match 2 + maker


matchmaking, noun, adjective

match⋅mak⋅er

2[mach-mey-ker]
–noun
a person who makes matches for burning.

Origin:
1635–45; match 1 + maker


matchmaking, noun, adjective
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match·mak·er   (māch'mā'kər)   
n.  
  1. One who arranges or tries to arrange marriages.

  2. One who arranges athletic competitions, especially in professional boxing.

match'mak'ing n.
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Matchmaker
A language for specifying and automating the generation of multi-lingual interprocess communication interfaces. MIG is an implementation of a subset of Matchmaker.
(1994-11-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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