intermediary
nounEtymology From French intermédiaire, adjusted to simulate a borrowing from Medieval Latin *intermediārius.
1
An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.
- A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.2017 February 10, Rosie Gray, “Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2020:
2
A person or organisation in an intermediate position (in a transaction, agreement, supply chain, etc.)
- The intermediary between the manufacturer and retailer is the wholesaler
3
One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.