Metic definitions

Metic

1) Alien 2) Ancient Greek law 3) Foreigner 4) Noncitizen 5) Old Greek settler 6) Outlander
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Metic

In ancient Greece, the term metic (Greek métoikos: from metá, indicating change, and oîkos `dwelling`) 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 have become Latin metoecus and English metecous (or similar). But bec.....
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Metic

• (n.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.
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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 ...
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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...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

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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 citizen. Mitford. « The whole force of At...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/59

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metic

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

noun an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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