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Macher

//ˈmɑxəɹ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 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."

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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