Look up: metic

1. metic
   [n] - an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
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2. metic
   In antiquity, a Greek who chose to move and live alongside another citizen community. The metic population in Athens was large and often wealthy (many metics were involved in trade or industry), but...
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3. Metic
   Met'ic noun [ Greek ..., prop., changing one's abode; ..., indicating change + ... house, abode: confer Latin metoecus , French métèque .] (Gr. Antiq.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citize...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/59
   
   
4. metic
   noun an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
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5. Metic
   • (n.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.
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6. metic
   in ancient Greece, any of the resident aliens, including freed slaves. Metics were found in most states except Sparta. In Athens, where they were ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/80
   
   
7. Metic
   In ref-->--> referred to a resident alien, one who did not have citizen rights in his or her Greek city-state (polis) of residence. If it had been borrowed early, Greek métoikos would become Latin metoecus and English metecous or the like. But because it was borrowed w...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metic