metier

[Bailey]

mé·tier (m-ty, m-)
n.
1. An occupation, a trade, or a profession.
2. Work or activity for which a person is particularly suited; one's specialty. See Synonyms at forte1.

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[French, from Old French mestier, from Vulgar Latin *misterium, from Latin ministerium; see ministry.]

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metier [met-ee-ay]
Noun
1. a profession or trade
2. a person's strong point or speciality [French]
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

mark whose-metier-is-inciter Bailey

[Perry]

For us agorans, the PC is metier than the sword.

[Bailey]

For Perry and his Metier-ic rise in the Agora


mb

[gailr]

Ummm, that metier isn't rising...

[Bailey]

makes one wonder why meteoric is considered ascendant eh?

mb