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Princeton's WordNet
meticnoun
an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
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meticnoun
In ancient Greece, a resident alien who did not have citizen rights and who paid a tax for the right to live there.
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Metic
In ancient Greece, a metic (Ancient Greek: μέτοικος, métoikos: from μετά, metá, indicating change, and οἶκος, oîkos 'dwelling') was a foreign resident of Athens, one who did not have citizen rights in their Greek city-state (polis) of residence.
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A metic is a term used in ancient Greece, often referring to a foreign resident who lived in a city for a long time, but did not have the same rights as a citizen. These individuals were usually immigrants, who contributed to the economy through trade or other means, but were not considered full-fledged citizens.
Webster Dictionary
Meticnoun
a sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen
Etymology: [Gr. , prop., changing one's abode; , indicating change + house, abode: cf. L. metoecus, F. mtque.]
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Metic
In ancient Greece, the term metic referred to a resident alien, one who did not have citizen rights in his or her Greek city-state 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 when Greek oi was pronounced as y, it was transliterated into Latin as metycus. English metic replaces y with i, perhaps by analogy with the -ic suffix.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Metic
met′ik, n. an immigrant, a resident alien. [Gr. meta, over, oikos, a house.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of metic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of metic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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