An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.

One who mediates; one who goes between two parties in order to reconcile their differences.

ETYM French, from Latin ligatio, from ligare to bind. Related to Ligature, Ligation.
A channel for communication between groups; SYN. link, contact, inter-group communication.

ETYM Latin mediator: cf. Eng. médiateur.
A negotiator who acts as a link between parties; SYN. go-between, intermediator, intermediary.

An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between.

ETYM Cf. French intermédiaire.
Intermediate.

ETYM Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. French intermédiat.
Lying between two extremes in time or space or degree.
Of the stage of education and schools between elementary and secondary including middle grades centering on 5 through 7; SYN. middle.

ETYM Old Eng. middel, as. middel; akin to Dutch middel, Old High Germ. muttil, German mittel. Related to Mid.
1. Between an earlier and a later period of time.
2. (Linguistics) Of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages.