Macher
//ˈmɑxəɹ// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig. US, informal
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Yiddish מאַכער (makher, “influential person”, literally “one who makes”) from מאַכן (makhn, “to make”). Cognate, naturally, to English maker and German Macher.
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