1. A woman who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
   "As a middlewoman, she purchased bulk textiles and distributed them to local clothing stores"
    
2. A female person who is in a position to give you special assistance
   "She acted as a middlewoman, facilitating communication between the two parties"
    
3. A female performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
   "The middlewoman's witty banter kept the minstrel show lively and entertaining"

Derived forms: middlewomen

Type of: adult female, contact, interlocutor, jobber [N. Amer], wholesaler, woman