macher

See also: mâcher and Macher

English

Alternative forms

• makher

Etymology

From Yiddish מאַכער (makher, “influential person”, literally “one who makes”) from מאַכן (makhn, “to make”). Cognate, naturally, to English maker and German Macher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.xɛɹ/

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Noun

macher (plural machers)

1. (US, informal) An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:important person

   • 2005 October 20, August Kleinzahler, “A Valentine’s: Regarding the Impractibility of Our Love”, in London Review of Books, volume 27, number 20, 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 some macher in LA.

   • 2007, Woody Allen, “Calisthenics, Poison Ivy, Final Cut”, in Mere Anarchy:

     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.

   • 2022 February 10, Mike Hale, “‘Inventing Anna’ Review: The SoHo Scammer, Explained at Length”, in The 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 narcissistic machers and star-struck working women — are told in flashback as Vivian reports her article.

Anagrams

• Marche, charme

Middle English

Noun

macher

1. Alternative form of maser

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Macher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.xɛr/
• Rhymes: -axɛr
• Syllabification: ma‧cher

Noun

macher m pers (female equivalent macherka)

1. (colloquial) expert, specialist

   Synonyms: fachowiec, majster, fachura, specjalista

2. (colloquial) fraudster, trickster, swindler

   Synonyms: oszust, kanciarz, szachraj

Declension

Declension of macher

	singular	plural
nominative	macher	macherzy/machery (deprecative)
genitive	machera	macherów
dative	macherowi	macherom
accusative	machera	macherów
instrumental	macherem	macherami
locative	macherze	macherach
vocative	macherze	macherzy

Further reading

• macher in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• macher in Polish dictionaries at PWN