linkman

plural linkmen

1. historicalAn adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.

   Synonyms: torchbearer

2. ball gamesA player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
3. A man who acts as a link or connection.

   Sajjad Zaheer was the linkman with the literary community on behalf of the nascent communist movement of India.

   1997, Girja Kumar, The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India, page 115

4. broadcastingA presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.