MATCHMAKER
NOUNS, PERSON
1725 ► a “Blackfoot”, a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker → BLACK-SOLE → Sc. obs.
1808 ► a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker → BLACK FOOT → Sc.
1825 ► a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker → BLACK-LEG → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1867 ► a go-between in love-making; the man who accompanies a suitor to the house of the intended father-in-law, to help to make the match → BLACK MAN → Eng. dial.
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