noun
(archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.
(theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
(obsolete, UK, finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.
An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
(professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
(slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).