n. A middleman or agent who, for a commission or rate per cent. on the value of the transaction, negotiates for others the purchase or sale of stocks, bonds, commodities, or property of any kind, or who attends to the doing of something for another.n. One who lends money on pledges, or lets out articles for hire; a pawnbroker, or a lender of goods.n. A pimp or procurer; a pander.n. One who has ‘gone broke’; a ‘dead broke,’ ruined, or bankrupt man.