dove vs middleman

dove

noun
  • A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict. 

  • Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. 

  • A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird. 

  • A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae. 

verb
  • Strong simple past tense of dive 

middleman

noun
  • An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties. 

  • An intermediate dealer between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer. 

  • One who rents land in large tracts, and lets it in small portions to the peasantry. 

verb
  • To act as a middleman or intermediary. 

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