The Only Use of
niche
in
Middlemarch
- With this prospect before him, we shall get Fred into the right niche somehow, and I hope I shall live to join your hands.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(niche) a smaller market within a larger market -- such as the market for scissors designed for people who are left-handed
or:
a role for which someone is especially well-suited
or:
a shallow recess, cranny or crevice -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, niche can refer to a role for a species within an ecosystem.