Meaning & use
Macher
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an important or influential person, especially one who knows how to get things done
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He's a real macher in the local business community, always closing deals.
Her uncle was a political macher who could get a permit approved in a single phone call.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Yiddish 'macher,' meaning 'doer' or 'maker,' and now used informally in American English.
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Words with an opposite meaning
nobody
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