Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
M'etier \M['e]`tier"\, n. [F.]
Calling; vocation; business; trade.
Not only is it the business of no one to preach the
truth but it is the m['e]tier of many to conceal it.
--A. R.
Colquhoun.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metier
n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
[syn: {forte}, {strong suit}, {long suit}, {specialty},
{speciality}, {strong point}, {strength}] [ant: {weak
point}]
2: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in
law he found his true metier" [syn: {medium}]
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