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macher
- /ˈmɑxəɹ/
Where it comes from
From Yiddish מאַכער (makher, “influential person”, literally “one who makes”) from מאַכן (makhn, “to make”). Cognate, naturally, to English maker and German Macher.
noun machers · makher
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An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.
An ordinary man doesn’t jump the Snake River Canyon / with nothing underneath his ass / but a two-wheeled, fin-stabilised X-1 Skycycle / and a seven-figure guarantee from some macher in LA.
Similar: baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss
Talk about this word "macher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/macher. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. macher. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/macher "macher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/macher.Cite this
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title = {macher},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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