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m=tier n. 5Fr < OFr mestier, ult. < L ministerium: see MINISTRY6 1 a trade, profession, or occupation; esp., the work that one is particularly suited for 2 one‘s area of expertise or strength; forte
metropolitan adj. 5LL metropolitanus6 1 of or constituting a METROPOLIS (senses 1 & 2) 2 designating or of a METROPOLITAN (sense 2) >3 designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities 4 designating or of a mother country as distinguished from a colony, territory, etc. n. 1 a person who lives in and knows a METROPOLIS (senses 1 & 2) or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person 2 5LL(Ec) Metropolitanus6 a) an archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province b) Eastern Ch. a bishop ranking just below a patriarch 3 in ancient Greece, a citizen of a METROPOLIS (sense 3)
micraner, an abnormally small ant
minauderie (French for trademark
minikin n. 5MDu minneken, dim. of minne, love: see MINNESINGER & 3KIN6 1 [Obs.] a darling 2 [Rare] anything very small and delicate adj. [Archaic] 1 diminutive 2 affected
Mini= ball a#8 5after C. E. Mini= (1814-79), Fr inventor6 a cone-shaped rifle bullet with a cavity in its base, which expanded, when fired, to fit the rifling in the bore: used in the 19th cent. Often mentkioned in Civil War stories and history.
miombo - a sparse open deciduous woodland characterisitc of dry parts of eastern Africa
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metropolitan, is also, offically what a NY Met is.. the team is the NY Metropolitan's (laughable, ain't it?) but they are always called the MET's.
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