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   macher

   /ˈmaxə(r)/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is influential or important. informal US
   • ▪ a self-important or boastful person. informal US

   Word Origin early 20th century: from Yiddish makher, from Middle High German Macher ‘doer, active person’.

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   What does Macher mean?

   • The meaning of MACHER is a powerful, influential person. How to use macher in a sentence.

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   What does a Macher do?

   • Help a person, fix a problem, reach out to someone in need, and you’ve become an askan. In contemporary Israeli Hebrew, a macher is a fixer of a sorts who can help people cut through bureaucratic red tape, arrange meetings with government officials, or arrange permits and other concessions, sometimes in exchange for a well-placed gift.

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   What does machair mean?

   • Machair is a Gaelic word meaning "fertile plain", but the word is now also used in scientific literature to describe the dune grassland unique to Western Scotland and north-west Ireland. It had been used by naturalists since 1926, but the term was not adopted by scientists until the 1940s.

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   What does Macher mean in Yiddish?

   • Macher (pronounced almost like “mocker,” replacing the “ck” with the guttural “ch” sound) is Yiddish for “doer.” It can refer to a bigshot (“They honor another macher every year at the benefit gala”) or busybody (“That kid is such a macher . He manages to get his nose into everyone’s business”). A similar term is askan .

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   noun. mach· er ˈmä-ḵər. plural machers. : a powerful, influential person. His business partner at the agency is the operatically colorful macher Ari Emanuel, and they know more than almost anyone about how to use tabloid ink to boost a client or break a competitor. Amy Chozick.

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   Macher definition: an important or influential person. See examples of MACHER used in a sentence.

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   Jul 6, 2018 · In contemporary Israeli Hebrew, a macher is a fixer of a sorts who can help people cut through bureaucratic red tape, arrange meetings with government officials, or arrange permits and other concessions, sometimes in exchange for a well-placed gift.

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   noun. an important or influential person: often used ironically. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Yiddish, from German, literally: doer. Word Frequency. macher in American English. (ˈmɑxər) German. noun Slang. 1. a person who gets things done, makes things happen, etc. 2.

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   Macher definition: A person who gets things done, makes things happen, etc.

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   Define macher. macher synonyms, macher pronunciation, macher translation, English dictionary definition of macher. n an important or influential person: often used ironically Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins...

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   Jun 2, 2024 · macher (plural machers) ( US, informal) An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig . Synonyms: see Thesaurus: important person.