intermediary

English

Adjective

intermediary

1. Intermediate.

Noun

intermediary (plural intermediaries)

1. An agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6

     A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world […]

2. One or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.

Translations

an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree

• Czech: prostředník (cs) m
• Finnish: välittäjä (fi)
• German: Zwischenhändler (de) m
• Greek: διαμεσολαβητής (el) (diamesolavitís) m, μεσάζων (el) (mesázon) m
• Russian: посредник (ru) (posrédnik) m

• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheadhanair (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀среднӣк (sh) m, pòsrednīk (sh) m
• Spanish: intermediario (es)

one or several stages of an event which occurs after the start and before the end.