METICS

Noun

metics

plural of metic

Source: Wiktionary


METIC

Met"ic ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Gr. metoecus, F. métèque.] (Gr. Antiq.)

Definition: 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. ).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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