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metic

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Noun
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met=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

meticn. [Gr. , prop., changing one's abode; , indicating change + house, abode: cf. L. metoecus, F. métèque.].
     A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.  Mitford.  [1913 Webster]
    "The whole force of Athens, metics as well as citizens, and all the strangers who were then in the city."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

metic, n. Gk Antiq. an alien living in a Greek city with some privileges of citizenship.

Etymology
irreg. f. Gk metoikos (as META-, oikos dwelling)

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