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Middle French
Noun
mestier m (plural mestiers)
- occupation; profession
- job; task
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ministerium.
Noun
mestier oblique singular, m (oblique plural mestiers, nominative singular mestiers, nominative plural mestier)
- job; occupation; employment
c. 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
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mestier, supplement)
Venetan
Etymology
Compare Italian mestiere
Noun
mestier m (plural mestieri)
- trade, job