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MARRIAGE BROKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does marriage broker mean?
• MARRIAGE BROKER (noun)
The noun MARRIAGE BROKER has 1 sense:
1. someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
Familiarity information: MARRIAGE BROKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
marriage broker; matcher; matchmaker
Hypernyms ("marriage broker" is a kind of...):
go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)
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