middle men

mid·dle·man

[mid-l-man]
noun, plural mid·dle·men.
1.
a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.
2.
a person who acts as an intermediary.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English: maker of girdles; see middle, man1

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middleman (ˈmɪdəlˌmæn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
1.  an independent trader engaged in the distribution of goods from producer to consumer
2.  an intermediary
3.  theatre the interlocutor in minstrel shows

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middleman
in the trading sense, 1795, from middle+ man.
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