| 1. mediator, arbitrator, go-between, middle-man; means, intermediate agent; intermediate stage. intermediate, located between; mediatory, acting between persons or parties. intermediaryin`ter*medi*a*ry , a. [cf. f. intermédiaire.] lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.intermediary amputation (surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.intermediary in`ter*medi*a*ry, n.; pl. intermediaries . one who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between.intermediary a negotiator who acts as a link between parties [syn: mediator, go-between, intermediator] |