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/ˈmɑxəɹ/ · noun
(US, informal) An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig..
An ordinary man doesn’t jump the Snake River Canyon / with nothing underneath his ass / but a two-wheeled, fin-stabilised X-1 Skycycle / and a seven-figure guarantee from some macher in LA.
Finally, Mr. Wall Street macher, there's our own Abe Silverfish, a man who has editing awards from prestige film festivals in Tanganyika and Bali.
The meaty and more familiar parts of Anna’s story — passing as a German heiress, ripping off tony hotels, brazenly exploiting narcissistic machers and star-struck working women — are told in flashback as Vivian reports her article.
Use macher when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Macher means (US, informal) An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig..
Common synonyms include baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
An ordinary man doesn’t jump the Snake River Canyon / with nothing underneath his ass / but a two-wheeled, fin-stabilised X-1 Skycycle / and a seven-figure guarantee from some macher in LA.
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