Word of the Day: métier

The word métier has appeared in 15 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 11 in “Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt” by Beatrice Loayza:

In the 19th and early 20th century, everyone worshiped at the altar of Sarah Bernhardt. She was a stage actress at a time when the theater was the equivalent of a stadium, a global celebrity who ushered in the very concept.

Born in Paris in 1844, Bernhardt was a sickly child whose mother preferred to ignore her. As an adult, she insisted on standing out. She captivated theatergoers with her hypnotic voice (Victor Hugo called it “golden”) and her bombastic performance style. No role, no métier, was too ambitious: She was a writer, painter, sculptor, director, entrepreneur and philanthropist, too. The newspapers amplified the legend of the “Divine Sarah,” as did the sundry artists and writers who counted her as their muse.

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