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middleman (n.)
[middleman 词源字典]
in the trading sense, 1795, from
middle
+
man
. From mid-15c. as the name of some type of workman in wire-making. From 1741 as "one who takes a middle course."
[middleman etymology, middleman origin, 英语词源]