macher
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of macher
Yiddish, from German, literally: doer
Example Sentences
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A music industry macher, Ayeroff had risen through the ranks as an art director and marketing executive at Warner Bros. and A&M to lead Virgin Records in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2020
George M. Cohan — the Broadway macher and “Yankee Doodle Boy” songwriter — was once the abbot.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2019
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.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2019
I wonder if the majority of the readers of the otherwise fascinating Dec. 2 front-page article “How Manafort and Stone helped spawn Trump’s white whale” know what a macher is.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
He stepped down at the standard bishop retirement age of 75 but remained a prolific fundraiser and jet-setting Vatican macher.
From Slate
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