Both Uses of
intermediary
in
The House of the Spirits
- His wife, Nfvea, preferred to deal with God without benefit of intermediaries.†
Chpt 1 *intermediaries = people who act as links between others who don't talk directly
- I was also the one who made almost all the contacts with the high command of the military, who was the intermediary with the gringos, and who used my own name and money to buy arms.†
Chpt 13intermediary = someone who acts as a link between two others who don't talk directly
Definition:
someone who acts as a link between two others who don't talk directly -- such as a realtor between a buyer and seller, or a friend between two people so angry they will not speak with each other