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A professional cupid who bills by the hour and aims with a spreadsheet.
means A person who arranges or encourages romantic relationships or marriages between others, often professionally.
from A transparent compound of "match" plus "maker." The "match" here is the sense of two people well-suited or paired together — a meaning that grew alongside "match" as an equal or counterpart, from Old English "gemæcca," a mate or companion. So a matchmaker literally makes matches: pairs people the way one might pair gloves. (Note this "match" is unrelated to the fire-starting matchstick, which arrived later from a quite separate root.)
- Ancient trade
- Jewish shadchanim arranged marriages for centuries
- Word origin
- Match once meant a partner or equal
- Royal stakes
- They once decided fates of entire nations
- Modern price
- Elite matchmakers charge over six figures
- Algorithm rivals
- Dating apps automated their gut instinct
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