‖ macher U.S.
(ˈmæxə(r))
[Yiddish, f. G. macher maker, doer.]
A man of importance, a bigwig; a braggart. Often derogatory.
| 1930 Amer. Speech VI. 126 A Macher..from the German word... Literally translated the word means ‘maker’ and idiomatically..is used derisively, referring to a braggart. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 87 He's a fine fellow... Not like that macher, Alexander. Always some scandal about him. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) ii. 29 A man who sat on every board and committee, a powerful macher in Jewish communal affairs, who had passed around word that he needed a speech-writer. 1969 D. S. Davis Where Dark Streets Go (1970) i. 10 His father's a big macher in the union. 1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 19/3 It doesn't matter a tinker's cuss whether you amend the constitution to call the chairman president, macher or grand panjandrum. |