(in a culture where arranged marriages are customary) a person who arranges marriages for a fee.
媒人，婚姻介绍人
Example sentencesExamples
Though there are marriage brokers their charges are exorbitant and sometimes they may fail in their attempts,’ he said.
Disappointed by this development, the marriage broker attending their meeting tells Norman he must retract the ‘61 per cent probability of success’ he had calculated for the couple.
That film's dizzy dancer has metamorphosised into a beauteous marriage broker.
Marriages were arranged by family members or professional marriage brokers.
There was a time when the search for a bride or bridegroom necessarily involved the services of the local marriage broker with a photo album tucked under his arm.
Definition of marriage broker in US English:
marriage broker
nounˈmɛrɪdʒ ˈbroʊkər
(in a culture where arranged marriages are customary) a person who arranges marriages for a fee.
媒人，婚姻介绍人
Example sentencesExamples
Disappointed by this development, the marriage broker attending their meeting tells Norman he must retract the ‘61 per cent probability of success’ he had calculated for the couple.
There was a time when the search for a bride or bridegroom necessarily involved the services of the local marriage broker with a photo album tucked under his arm.
That film's dizzy dancer has metamorphosised into a beauteous marriage broker.
Marriages were arranged by family members or professional marriage brokers.
Though there are marriage brokers their charges are exorbitant and sometimes they may fail in their attempts,’ he said.