0 a person who tries to arrange marriages or romantic relationships between people --
1 a person who tries to arrange a relationship or a marriage between other people --
The matchmaker is often an elderly socialite who is liked and widely connected to many families.
I ought to give up being a magistrate and set up for a matchmaker!
The expression refers to the marriage of two people who meet and fall in love without going through matchmakers or family-arranged meetings.
With the help of psychologists and professional matchmakers, the 6 are paired up and meet for the first time at the altar.
It plays a role of a matchmaker to help guests find their true love.
The third type of marriage was the arranged marriage, which was accomplished by a matchmaker who acted as a go-between for both families.
Companies qualifying under this support through the matchmaker programme totalled 34 and assistance of up to £500 per attendee is available.
It sounds like a matchmaker extolling the virtues of marriage to young naive couples.
