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[syn: matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Matchmaker \Match"mak`er\, n.
1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who tries to bring about marriages.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
matchmaker
n 1: someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for
others [syn: matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Matchmaker
A language for specifying and automating the generation of
multi-lingual interprocess communication interfaces. MIG is
an implementation of a subset of Matchmaker.
(1994-11-22)