macher

1. (US, informal) An important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.Examples: "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."Synonyms: baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noiseUSinformal