marriage broker

He was the marriage broker, bringing the two parties together for the first time.

Men also turn to the marriage brokers after seeing advertisements.

Another tradition which can still be found the is use of a "marriage broker" get families to agree to the event.

Perhaps I should give up my current calling and set up as a marriage broker.

He engaged the same marriage broker who was hired to find a husband for Marie.

Three other alleged marriage brokers are being investigated by prosecutors.

As the marriage broker said when the poor boy agreed to marry the princess, that was half the battle.

Leopold was particularly known as a political marriage broker.

Sometimes, that demand is met through legitimate marriage brokers.

Unbeknownst to Marie, he engaged the services of a marriage broker.

Marriage brokers, illegal under Federal law, are finding eager customers, at $5,000 or more a match.

Governors and legislators must be the marriage brokers - shotgun or otherwise.

In this system of marriage the negotiation between two families is made by a marriage broker.

Professional chefs, who spend their lives as culinary marriage brokers, offer some of the best recommendations around.

Farmers' markets are a good idea: they act as a marriage broker between growers and shoppers.

My dad went to a marriage broker to find a rich husband for me and she told us she had a Saudi man.

We can't be corporate marriage brokers, but we can work to make it easier to do business in Europe.

International marriage brokers: can money buy you love?

But when he could, he returned to a favorite theme: his role as a cultural marriage broker.

But whether high-tech or traditional, the marriage brokers all suffer from the same problem: a dearth of available women.

Marriage brokers who promise a life of prosperity overseas lure women to Taiwan.

The marriage brokers do not see themselves as flesh-peddlers; they sell photos and addresses.

He's sort of like a marriage broker, getting rich off of other people's talents and abilities.

It comments on the marriage broker, for example, with mordant jocularity.

Colleges are the country's most effective marriage brokers.