liaison

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a channel for communication between groups

   They provided a liaison with the guerrillas.

2. 2
   noun

   A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.

   […]prepare a liaison, or four or five yolks of eggs and some cream […]

3. 3
   noun

   Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.

   As a community liaison, I work to make sure the general public knows about our organization's work.

4. 4
   noun

   An illicit sexual relationship or affair.

   ostriches in breeding season are relentlessly promiscuous, with both males and females seeking liaisons with multiple partners.

5. 5
   noun

   a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

6. 6
   noun

   Communication between two parties or groups.

7. 7
   noun

   Cooperation, working together.

8. 8
   noun

   A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.

Etymology

Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).