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Webster 1913 Edition

Matchmaker

Match′makˊer

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Noun.

1.

One who makes matches for burning or kinding.

2.

One who tries to bring about marriages.

Webster 1828 Edition

Matchmaker

MATCH'MAKER

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Noun.

One who makes matches for burning.

1.

One who contrives or effects a union by marriage.

Definition 2024

matchmaker

matchmaker

See also: match-maker

English

Noun

matchmaker ‎(plural matchmakers)

someone who finds suitable marriage partners
(by extension) someone who arranges professional boxing matches
Someone who makes matchsticks

Hyponyms

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Translations

someone who finds suitable marriage partners

Chinese:
Mandarin: 媒人 (zh) ‎(méirén), 媒妁 (zh) ‎(méishuò), 媒婆 (zh) ‎(méipó)
Czech: dohazovač m, dohazovačka f
Finnish: puhemies (fi), naittaja (fi), avioliittovälittäjä
French: entremetteur (fr) m, entremetteuse (fr) f, marieur (fr) m, marieuse (fr) f, apparieuse (fr) f
German: Kuppler (de) m, Kupplerin (de) f, Ehestifter m, Ehestifterin f, Heiratsvermittler m, Heiratsvermittlerin f, Schadchen m, n (Jewish)
Greek: προξενητής (el) m ‎(proxenitís), προξενήτρα (el) f ‎(proxenítra)
Icelandic: hjónabandsmiðlari m

Japanese: 仲人 (ja) ‎(なこうど, nakōdo), 媒酌人 ‎(ばいしゃくにん, baishakunin), 月下氷人 ‎(げっかひょうじん, gekkahyōjin)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ekteskapsformidler m, giftekniv (no) m

Nynorsk: ekteskapsformidlar m, giftekniv m
Polish: swat (pl) m, swatka (pl) f
Portuguese: casamenteiro (pt) m
Russian: сват (ru) m ‎(svat), сва́ха (ru) f ‎(sváxa)
Serbo-Croatian: снубок m, snubok (sh) m
Spanish: casamentero (es) m, casamentera (es) f
Turkish: çöpçatan (tr)
Yiddish: שדכן m ‎(shadkhn)

someone who makes matchsticks

French: allumettier (fr) m, allumettière (fr) f

German: Streichholzmacher m, Streichholzmacherin f, Zündholzmacher m, Zündholzmacherin f