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middler|ˈmɪd(ə)lə(r)|
Also 6 middeler, midler.
[f. middle a. + -er1. Cf. MDu. middelare Du. middelaar), OHG. mittilâri (MHG. mitteler, mod.G. mittler).]
†1. An intermediary, mediator. Obs.
1531Frith Judgem. Tracy's Test. (1535) C iii, A middeler [1573 Wks. 79/1 mid dealer] betwene God and man. a1540Barnes Wks. (1573) 350/1 Heare you not playnly how we do sooner obtayne our petityon of God our owne selfe, then by any other midlers? 1551Matthew (Hyl) Isa. xxviii. Notes, Christ..being here mediatour or middeler betwene God & men. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 177 This word, µεσίτης, doth..signify a mediator or a middler.
2. The workman who performs the middle one of three operations in the preparation of flax.
1847Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VIII. ii. 385 It is taken up by the second man or middler, who puts it through the same process.
3. U.S. ‘A member of the middle class in a seminary which has three classes—senior, middle, and junior—as in theological seminaries’ (Cent. Dict.).
1882in Minutes of Triennial Convention (U.S.) 43 In reading Hebrew at sight Middlers and Juniors did well. |