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métier

[ mey-tyey, mey-tyey ]

noun

  1. a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
  2. a field of work or other activity in which one has special ability or training; forte.


métier

/ ˈmɛtɪeɪ /

noun

  1. a profession or trade, esp that to which one is well suited
  2. a person's strong point or speciality
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of métier1

1785–95; < French; Old French mestier < Gallo-Romance *misterium, for Latin ministerium ministry
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Word History and Origins

Origin of métier1

C18: from French, ultimately from Latin ministerium service
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Example Sentences

Though construction was his métier, Bornträger had an act of destruction on his mind.

Brooks can trade “Jewish vun-liners” with any man, but his natural métier is the skit.

Dialect, for instance, was not his métier, so like a true devotee of the form he exploited his incompetence for laughs.

She feels enormous affection for her customers and wonders why it took so long to find her métier.

Ratner may never go there—his métier is, unapologetically, pop—but he knows where he stands.

The man of the world has his own department, his own métier; but She it is who keeps up the general equilibrium.

To be the friend of war-heroes was her métier—you paid her highly in solid cash—You are under no obligation to her—.

Evidently his métier was, as I had surmised, that of a professional talker.

His métier is to keep the place tidy and the incinerator fires burning.

The moment that a thing is a métier, it is wholly absurd to talk about any disinterestedness in the pursuit of it.

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