macher
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of macher
Yiddish, from German, literally: doer
Example Sentences
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After retiring from the opera stage in 1863, Viardot continued singing in concerts and being what we’d call today a macher.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
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
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
Give us a sense of, you’ve already said, at the end of day, he’s kind of macher, like he just knows people and he connects people, but what did you learn?
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2017
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