mestier

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Middle French

Noun

mestier m (plural mestiers)

  1. occupation; profession
  2. job; task

Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ministerium.

Noun

mestier oblique singular, m (oblique plural mestiers, nominative singular mestiers, nominative plural mestier)

  1. job; occupation; employment
    • circa 1177, Chrétien de Troyes, Le Chevalier de la Charrette, page 50 (of the Livres de Poche Lettres gothiques edition, →ISBN, line 98:
      Je n'ai or mestier de gabois
      I don't have the job of joking

Descendants

  • French: métier

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mestier, supplement)

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian mestiere

Noun

mestier m (plural mestieri)

  1. trade, job
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