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metiermore about metier

metier

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  metier 
  n  1:  an  asset  of  special  worth  or  utility;  "cooking  is  his  forte" 
  [syn:  {forte},  {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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