go-between

See also: go between

English

Etymology

Deverbal from go between.

Pronunciation

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Noun

go-between (plural go-betweens)

1. An intermediary or middleman.

   She's the go-between for engineering and manufacturing, so you'll have to ask her if you need to coordinate between the groups.

2. (shogi) A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants, that can move one step straight forward or straight backwards.

Synonyms

• intercessor
• intermediary
• middleman

Related terms

• go between

Translations

intermediary or middleman

Bulgarian: посредник (bg) m (posrednik) Catalan: alcavot (ca), mitjancer, encobridor Chinese: Mandarin: 中間人 / 中间人 (zh) (zhōngjiānrén), 媒人 (zh) (méiren) Esperanto: peranto Georgian: შუამავალი (šuamavali) Latin: internuntius m, internuntia f Maori: kaiwhakaaweawe (between lovers), takawaenga Turkish: aracı (tr)

shogi piece

Japanese: 仲人 (ja) (chūnin)