FromYiddishמאַכער(makher,“influential person”, literally“one who makes”) fromמאַכן(makhn,“to make”). Cognate, naturally, toEnglishmaker andGermanMacher.
macher (pluralmachers)
- (US, informal) Animportantperson, often in the negative sense ofself-important; abigwig.
- Synonyms:seeThesaurus:important person
2005 October 20, August Kleinzahler, “A Valentine’s: Regarding the Impractibility of Our Love”, inLondon Review of Books, volume27, number20, page 6: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 somemacher in LA.
2007, Woody Allen, “Calisthenics, Poison Ivy, Final Cut”, inMere Anarchy:Finally, Mr. Wall Streetmacher, there's our own Abe Silverfish, a man who has editing awards from prestige film festivals in Tanganyika and Bali.
2022 February 10, Mike Hale, “‘Inventing Anna’ Review: The SoHo Scammer, Explained at Length”, inThe New York Times[1],→ISSN:The meaty and more familiar parts of Anna’s story — passing as a German heiress, ripping off tony hotels, brazenly exploiting narcissisticmachers and star-struck working women — are told in flashback as Vivian reports her article.
macher
- alternative form ofmaser
Borrowed fromGermanMacher.
macher m pers (female equivalentmacherka)
- (colloquial)expert,specialist
- Synonyms:fachowiec,majster,fachura,specjalista
- (colloquial)fraudster,trickster,swindler
- Synonyms:oszust,kanciarz,szachraj
- macher inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- macher in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Borrowed fromGermanMacher. ComparePolishmacher.
macher m pers
- expert,professional
- Synonym:fachmōn
