macher

Definitions

• somebody who is successful, handy, dextrous
• "Someone who arranges, fixes, has connections...someone who is [very] active in an organization" (Rosten) "important person", "hot shot"

Example Sentences

• "He's a big macher in Hollywood; everyone wants to meet with him."

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• מאַכער makher 'lit. maker; influential person, fixer'

Who Uses This

• Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings

makher