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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
2. 2
   a female performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk wordnet
3. 3
   a female person who is in a position to give you special assistance wordnet
4. 4
   a woman who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers wordnet

Etymology

From middle + woman.

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