'Metic' definitions:
Definition of 'metic'
(from WordNet)
noun
An alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
Definition of 'Metic'
From: GCIDE
- Metic \Met"ic\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. ?, prop., changing one's abode; ?, indicating change + ? house, abode: cf. L. metoecus, F. m['e]t[`e]que.] (Gr. Antiq.) 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. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). [1913 Webster]