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noun

Metier n.

Calling; vocation; business; trade. "Not only is it the business of no one to preach the truth but it is the métier of many to conceal it."

The field or activity at which one excels; one's forte.

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Etymology of 'Metier'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Metier" Quotes from Famous Books

... est une specialite. Celui qui en fait metier ne fait jamais des reponses. La question est une maniere tres commode de dire les choses suivantes: "Me voila! Je ne suis pas fossil, moi,—je respire encore! J'ai des idees,—voyez mon intelligence! Vous ne croyiez pas, vous autres, que je savais quelque chose de cela! ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, April, 1858 • Various

... we are gens du metier. I invite him to sit down and inquire: how about a bottle of Cesanese, now that we are alone? An excellent idea! And he, in his turn, will permit himself to offer me certain strawberries from ...

— Alone • Norman Douglas

... it's rather hard on me," she said, and laughed as she spoke. "Here am I again, having to lecture you! The fact is, I suppose, one's METIER clings to one, in spite of oneself. But there must be something about you, too, Maurice Guest, that makes one want to do it—want to look after you, so to speak—as if you couldn't be trusted to take care of yourself. Well, it disturbed me to-night, ...

— Maurice Guest • Henry Handel Richardson

Words linked to "Metier" : green thumb, job, specialty, green fingers, business, long suit, asset, plus, strong point