middleman

[ mid-l-man ]

/ ˈmɪd lˌmæn /

a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.

a person who acts as an intermediary.

Origin of middleman

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

A more recent wrinkle is the doctor who prescribes from his own office, cutting out the middleman (read: pharmacist).

New Study Says Doctors Can’t “Just Say No” to Their Patients |Kent Sepkowitz |March 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But it turns out that the manager had received no such recording, due to some middleman botching the exchange.

The Real Life of Llewyn Davis |Nicholas Mancusi |November 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Warby Parker's reinvention of the high-priced optical industry relied on one main tactic: cutting out the middleman.

Warby Parker Thrives by Giving Away Glasses Whenever It Sells a Pair |Nina Strochlic |May 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As is the case with all secondary markets, however, the middleman usually takes a piece.

What to Do With Unwanted Gift Cards |Nina Strochlic |December 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Forget the middleman, and bring his message “straight to the people.”

Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, John McCain, and More Sunday Talk |The Daily Beast Video |September 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Welder, wel′dėr, n. a land-tenant holding under the farmer or middleman.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
The poultry she raised herself; for the fish, she was a middleman between fishermen and householders.

The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story |Various
It is the middleman, the profiteer, the new capitalist here who has become an ugly and a dominant power.

The Devil's Paw |E. Phillips Oppenheim
I'm not the principal party in the transaction—I'm only the middleman.

The Making of a Soul |Kathlyn Rhodes
The storekeeper is the middleman, really serving both producer and consumer.

Our Domestic Birds |John H. Robinson

middleman

/ (ˈmɪdəlˌmæn) /

an independent trader engaged in the distribution of goods from producer to consumer

an intermediary

theatre the interlocutor in minstrel shows