仲なか人びと

noun

go-between; matchmaker

Archaic term for a person who arranges marriages or acts as an intermediary. In modern Japanese, 仲人 is almost always read なこうど for this meaning; the readings なかびと and なかひと are historical.

See also: 仲人 (なこうど)

• 昔むかしは、結けっ婚こんの際さいに仲人なこうどが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  In the past, a go-between played an important role in marriage.

• 「なかびと」という読よみは古ふるい文ぶん献けんに見みられる。

  The reading なかびと is found in old documents.