machern.

Brit.

/ˈmaxə(r)/, U.S.

/ˈmɑxər/

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish makher.

Etymology: < Yiddish makher maker, leader, active or dynamic person, swindler < Middle High German macher maker, doer (German Macher maker, doer, boss, important person, active or dynamic person) < machen make v.¹ + -er -er suffix¹.

colloquial (frequently derogatory).

In Jewish usage: a person of influence or importance, a fixer; a braggart.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person

genius1749

influence1775

godfather1830

influential1831

influentiality1841

sommité1856

leader1858

Big Daddy1898

macher1911

uncrowned king (queen)1917

1911 M. Glass Abe & Mawruss vi. 211 Pretty soon he is buying more and more goods till he gets to be a big macher like Felix Geigermann.

1928 L. Wirth Ghetto xii. 249 In his community he becomes a Macher, a man of affairs.

1930 Amer. Speech 6 126 A Macher..from the German word... Literally translated the word means ‘maker’ and idiomatically..is used derisively, referring to a braggart.

1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) ii. 29 A man who sat on every board and committee, a powerful macher in Jewish communal affairs, who had passed around word that he needed a speech-writer.

1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 213 The man who could miraculously produce a visa, or provide immigration papers..was known as a macher.

1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 214 During a convention in Miami, two female delegates, machers, met in the lobby.

1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 19/3 It doesn't matter a tinker's cuss whether you amend the constitution to call the chairman president, macher or grand panjandrum.

1990 Los Angeles June 68/1 The choice of restaurant was Adler's, and his sunglasses are propped atop his gray hair a la Hollywood macher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macher
释义	machern. Brit. /ˈmaxə(r)/, U.S. /ˈmɑxər/ Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish makher. Etymology: < Yiddish makher maker, leader, active or dynamic person, swindler < Middle High German macher maker, doer (German Macher maker, doer, boss, important person, active or dynamic person) < machen make v.¹ + -er -er suffix¹. colloquial (frequently derogatory). In Jewish usage: a person of influence or importance, a fixer; a braggart. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person genius1749 influence1775 godfather1830 influential1831 influentiality1841 sommité1856 leader1858 Big Daddy1898 macher1911 uncrowned king (queen)1917 1911 M. Glass Abe & Mawruss vi. 211 Pretty soon he is buying more and more goods till he gets to be a big macher like Felix Geigermann. 1928 L. Wirth Ghetto xii. 249 In his community he becomes a Macher, a man of affairs. 1930 Amer. Speech 6 126 A Macher..from the German word... Literally translated the word means ‘maker’ and idiomatically..is used derisively, referring to a braggart. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) ii. 29 A man who sat on every board and committee, a powerful macher in Jewish communal affairs, who had passed around word that he needed a speech-writer. 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 213 The man who could miraculously produce a visa, or provide immigration papers..was known as a macher. 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 214 During a convention in Miami, two female delegates, machers, met in the lobby. 1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 19/3 It doesn't matter a tinker's cuss whether you amend the constitution to call the chairman president, macher or grand panjandrum. 1990 Los Angeles June 68/1 The choice of restaurant was Adler's, and his sunglasses are propped atop his gray hair a la Hollywood macher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1911
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