middleman
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
Types & categories
- distributor hypernym
- meat packer hyponym
Related & opposite
- wholesale derivation
Sense 2 noun
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
Types & categories
- minstrel hypernym
Parts & wholes
- minstrel show member holonym
Sense 3 noun
a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor
Types & categories
- representative hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wholesale |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | distributor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meat packer |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | minstrel show |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | minstrel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | representative |