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Metic

//ˈmɛtɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there. historical
  2. 2
    an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin metycus (also metoecus), from Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos, “foreigner, metic”).

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