A go-between or intermediary in love affairs; a hired match-maker, marriage-agent; also a procurer, pimp, bawd; a pander generally. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > match-maker (19) broker1377 A go-between or intermediary in love affairs; a hired match-maker, marriage-agent; also a procurer, pimp, bawd; a pander generally. Obsolete. marriage-maker1591 proxenete1609 Esp. with reference to France or in classical contexts: a person who negotiates something, esp. a marriage; a go-between, a matchmaker. Also… matcher1611 A person who matches one thing with another. Also in extended use. ring-carriera1616 a go-between. matchmaker1638 A person who brings about or negotiates a marriage; a marriage broker. Also frequently in weakened sense: a person, usually a woman, who enjoys… match-broker1640 marriage broker1662 A matchmaker, a person who arranges marriages for a fee (in later use, esp. in Jewish society). In extended use: a person who arranges an… marriage-bawd1676 a matchmaker. match-monger1680 flesh-broker1699 (see quots.). wife broker1700 a person who finds marriageable women for a fee; a marriage broker. black-sole1725 a go-between; = Blackfoot, n. 2. marriage-monger?1748 Blackfoot1808 Scottish and Irish English. A go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker. Chiefly with lower-case initial. Now rare. blackleg1825 Scottish. = Blackfoot, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— where arranged match is usual (3) |
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