macher

See also: mâcher and Macher

English

Alternative forms

• makher

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish מאַכער (makher, “one who makes”) from מאַכן (makhn, “to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.xɛɹ/

Noun

macher (plural machers)

1. an important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig
   • 2005: 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. — August Kleinzahler, in 'A Valentine’s: Regarding the Impractibility of Our Love', London Review of Books, Vol. 27 No.20, 20 October 2005, page 6.
   • 2007: Finally, Mr. Wall Street macher, there's our own Abe Silverfish, a man who has editing awards from prestige film festivals in Tanganyika and Bali. — Woody Allen, in 'Calisthenics, Poison Ivy, Final Cut', Mere Anarchy

Anagrams

• Marche, charme

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Middle English

Noun

macher

1. Alternative form of maser