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[met-ik] 
–noun
| an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there. |
Origin:
1800–10; < LL metycus, var. of metoecus < Gk métoikos emigrant, equiv. to met- met- + -oikos dwelling
1800–10; < LL metycus, var. of metoecus < Gk métoikos emigrant, equiv. to met- met- + -oikos dwelling
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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. The whole force of Athens, metics as well as citizens, and all the strangers who were then in the city. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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metic
"resident alien in an ancient Gk. state," 1808, from L.L. metycus, from Gk. metoikos, lit. "one who has changed his residence," from meta- "change" (see meta-) + -oikos "dwelling," from oikein "to dwell" (see villa).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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