metic

American  

[met-ik] / ˈmɛt ɪk /

noun

1. an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.

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metic British  

/ ˈmɛtɪk /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) an alien having some rights of citizenship in the city in which he lives

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Etymology

Origin of metic

1800–10; < Late Latin metycus, variant of metoecus < Greek métoikos emigrant, equivalent to met- met- + -oikos dwelling

Example Sentences

Of the two men, Andre De Shields is a cat of cool gray nattiness and Ken Page is a slithery streetwise shark with a mi metic gift for Waller's gravelly mocking asides.

From Time Magazine Archive

No implication is lost in the metic ulous revival at the Long Wharf Theater, which tenderly evokes the Millers' tribal intimacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Are you a metic on condition of obeying the laws of the city or doing what you please?

From The Orations of Lysias by Lysias

It is Plato's greatest concession to the metic, as the bestowal of freedom is his greatest concession to the slave.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

He who is not a metic, if he comes to the rescue, shall have praise, and if he do not come, blame.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin