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Metic

Metic Meaning & Definition
Metic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Metic?

[n] an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city

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See Also | alien | foreigner | noncitizen | outlander

Metic In Webster's Dictionary

\Met"ic\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. ?, prop., changing one's abode; ?, indicating change + ? house, abode: cf. L. metoecus, F. m['e]t[`e]que.] (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. ).

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