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Definition of Metier
1. Noun. An asset of special worth or utility. "Cooking is his forte"
Generic synonyms: Asset, Plus
Specialized synonyms: Green Fingers, Green Thumb
Derivative terms: Special, Special
Antonyms: Weak Point
2. Noun. An occupation for which you are especially well suited. "In law he found his true metier"
Definition of Metier
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of métier) ¹
2. Noun. Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling ¹
3. Noun. An activity to which a person is particularly suited; a forte ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metier
1. a vocation [n -S] - See also: vocation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metier
Literary usage of Metier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"... treat without respect ; metier troppa —t, speak too freely, ... pack ; bouquet):
metier si in —, interfere ; in un —, all at once, ..."
2. Conversations with Distinguished Persons During the Second Empire, from 1860 by Nassau William Senior (1880)
"I am with the Emperor, and therefore out of danger.' In fact none of them were
ever hit. Senior.-—Is it true that he admits that war is not his metier ..."
3. Niphon and Pe-che-li; or, Two years in Japan and northern China by Edward Barrington De Fonblanque (1862)
"... passed their hands reverently over the wooden image of their particular deity,
prayed for success and prosperity in their metier, and returned to the ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"Thus at table, a man must speak of the spoon (der loffel) as 'he,' of the fork (die
gabel) as 'she,' and of the knife (dot metier) as 'it. ..."
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