métier

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  1. Trade; profession; with reference to literature or art, one's particular kind or line of ability. Messrs. Morris & Co.'s furniture was not of William Morris's own design, flat ornament being essentially his métier. A. Vallance, William Morris, p. 92.

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  1. French métier, Old French mestier, mester, = Italian mestiero, from Latin ministerium, attendance, service, office, occupation, work: see ministry and mystery.
 

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