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metic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metic \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. ). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: metic n : an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
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