Definition: metier

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

metier
     n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
          [syn: forte, strong suit, 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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.