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• n  someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others

• If you thought the traditional Jewish matchmaker went out of style with Fiddler on the Roof, SawYouAtSinai.
• Corporate mergers are usually a gamble for the firms involved, but there is always one certain winner: the investment banking house that acts as the matchmaker whenever one firm .
• In Hello, Dolly, Streisand plays a professional matchmaker who has her eye on Walter Matthau, playing a "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire.

• matcher
• marriage broker

News & Articles

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• Selena Gomez Dating Ed Sheeran? Five Reasons Why He’s a Better Catch Than Bieber
  Has Selena Gomez finally moved on from Justin Bieber? According to Us Weekly, the 20-year-old pop star has been "hooking up" with British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran after mutual pal Taylor Swift recently played matchmaker. Friends are even saying Selena is enjoying the "escape" from all of the Justin Bieber drama.
  June 20, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via omg!
• Millionaire Matchmaking Agency Signs on Midwest Millionairess Looking for Mr. Right
  Chris Stelmack, millionaire matchmaker and founder of the 4M Club (a top ten elite matchmaking agency), was hired by a Midwest 62-year-old widow to find her love match. This is the first time a woman has been taken on as a client, since the 4M Club normally caters to single, millionaire men searching for Miss Right. (PRWeb June 18, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases ...
  June 18, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Lisa Caputo in Guardian Unlimited
  She took a great interest in trying to be a matchmaker,Lisa Caputo, her former press secretary, said in an interview. "She loved to know just within the White House who was dating whom. She loved to be in on the social mix."
• Sara Evans in United Press International
  He was our own personal matchmaker,Evans told the magazine. "I think God told Joe to get us together."
• Tokyo Sexwale in Independent Online
  The council is to be a matchmaker and a facilitator - we need to connect South African and Russian businesses, and ensure they grow,Sexwale said.