Metic

Met′ic

(? or ?; 277)

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], prop., changing one’s abode; [GREEK], indicating change + [GREEK] house, abode: cf. L.

metoecus

, F.

métèque

.]

(Gr. Antiq.)

A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.

Mitford.

The whole force of Athens,

metics

as well as citizens, and all the strangers who were then in the city.

Jowett (Thucyd. ).

,

Noun.

[Gr. house.] In ancient Greece, a sojourner; a resident stranger in a Grecian city or place.

metic ‎(plural metics)

In ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have citizen rights and who paid a tax for the right to live there.

resident alien in ancient Greece

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