macher
noun
mach·er ˈmä-ḵər 
plural machers
: a powerful, influential person
His business partner at the agency is the operatically colorful macher Ari Emanuel, and they know more than almost anyone about how to use tabloid ink to boost a client or break a competitor.
Amy Chozick
Amy ChozickBorn in 1948, I am part of the baby boomer generation, and while I was not a macher, I played a role, albeit a small one, in both my Orthodox community and the broader American Jewish world. Joseph R. Rackman
Joseph R. Rackman
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Yiddish makher "influential person, fixer," literally, "maker," going back to Middle High German macher "maker, creator," from machen "to make, do" (going back to Old High German mahhōn) + -er -er entry 2 — more at make entry 1
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above
- if worse comes to worst
- if worst comes to worst
- if you ask me
- if you believe that, you'll believe anything
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
- if you don't mind me asking
- if you don't mind me saying so
- if you don't mind my asking
- if you don't mind my saying so
- if you don't mind my/me asking
- if you don't mind my/me saying so
- if you know what i mean
- if you like
- if you must know
- if you please
- if you will
- if you've got it, flaunt it
- if you've seen one, you've seen them all
- if-bet
- if-clause
- if-then
- if/had (two people's) situations been reversed
- if/when all else fails
- Ifafa lily