(ˈ)mā.|tyā, (ˈ)me.- noun
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Etymology: French, from Old French mestier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin misterium, alteration of Latin ministerium work, occupation, ministry — more at ministry
1. : vocation , trade , business
to be a sailor, this is a lonely métier — Lamp
blue sweatshirt, with grease from the truck and the stains of his métier marked on it — Kay Boyle
the métier of the engineer or the practical scientist — Bernard Wall
2.
a. : a special line of activity
exploration was at that time the principal métier of British geography — O.J.R.Howarth
b. : an area of activity in which one is most expert, successful, or happy : forte
his métier seems to be rather the stage fabrication of rough-and-tumble popular entertainment — G.J.Nathan
political oratory is not my métier — Francis Younghusband
3. : the special techniques characteristic of an art or vocation : mode , method
new writers who have something to say and try to say it with sincerity and a grasp of the métier of the novelist — Nation