A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.

synonyms: go-between, intermediary, intermediator, mediator.

Roget 714: concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue; agreement etc. 23; sympathy, empathy etc. (love) 897; response; union, unison, unity; bonds of harmony; peace etc. 721; unanimity etc. (assent) 488; league etc. 712; happy family.    rapprochement; reunion; amity etc. (friendship) 888; alliance, entente cordiale [Fr.], good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker; intercessor, mediator.    ... show more

Roget 724: mediation, mediatorship^†, mediatization^†; intervention, interposition, interference, intermeddling, intercession; arbitration; flag of truce etc. 723; good offices, peace offering; parley, negotiation; diplomatics^†, diplomacy; compromise etc. 774.    [person who mediates] mediator, arbitrator, intercessor, peacemaker, makepeace^†, negotiator, go-between; diplomatist etc. (consignee) 758; moderator; propitiator; umpire.    ... show more

Dutch: tussenpersoon, bemiddelaar, mediateur, middelaar, onderhandelaar, trait d'union, trait-d'union