Agent

representative attorney delegate broker advocate proxy officer negotiator ambassador emissary envoy mediary intermediary middleperson factor assignee executor proctor commissioner deputy minister operator handler functionary steward surrogate substitute assistant servant worker actor doer mover promoter operative abettor salesperson go-between factotum ten percenter principal

power means instrument factor force cause channel medium vehicle organ

factor intermediary broker deputy instrument proxy emissary canvasser executor delegate assignee commissioner ambassador commissary envoy advocate means go-between operator representative factotum minister procurator surrogate negotiator substitute proctor steward syndic solicitor medium spy organ promoter salesperson salesman assistant appointee agency attorney lawyer principal spokesperson spokesman middleman instrumentality regent consignee agent provocateur bailiff functionary servant instrumentation cause channel diplomat chargé d'affaires (French) coefficient attaché comprador coagent doer federal-agent tool dragoman cat's-paw dummy press-agent publicity agent claim agent employment agent headhunter mean facilitator literary-agent actor's agent booking agent flesh peddler fiduciary ten-percenter handler force secret-agent front operative mechanism double-agent fbi-agent g-man treasury agent t-man narcotics agent middleperson narc chargé d'affaires (French) attaché nark ombudsman panderer plenipotentiary procurer interventor engenderer fed seller trustee underwriter vicar vicegerent handmaiden licensee mediary intervener midwife

means active force operative cause spy agency spook