macher

/ ˈmɑxər /

noun

1. an important or influential person: often used ironically

Word History and Origins

Origin of macher¹

Yiddish, from German, literally: doer

Example Sentences

From a fan to a macher, this comedy nerd’s generous look at the highs and lows of his career offers more than a self-aggrandizing victory lap: It’s a testament to the toughness and the failures that lace even the most successful lives.

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A Hollywood macher who long served as a producer of the Academy Awards broadcast, he wanted the theater to be a place where movie and television artists with stage backgrounds could work alongside dedicated theater professionals.

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In the first “Scream” film, Lillard starred as high school student Stu Macher opposite Campbell’s protagonist, Sidney Prescott.

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It was at one such fair in Bushwick that Brian Procell, the macher of downtown vintage sellers, first encountered her.

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Among the restaurant’s offerings are American-style buffalo wings, Indian-Mexican fusion tikka masala burritos, Indo-Chinese Sichuan chicken tikka, Tibetan-style dumplings called momos, Hyderabadi biryani and a Bengali fish curry called macher kalia.

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