"metic" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛtɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɛtək/ (note: General American, weak vowel merger), [ˈmɛɾək] (note: General American, weak vowel merger) Forms: metics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪk Etymology: From Late Latin metycus (also metoecus), from Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos, “foreigner, metic”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|metycus}} Late Latin metycus, {{der|en|grc|μέτοικος|t=foreigner, metic}} Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos, “foreigner, metic”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} metic (plural metics)
  1. (historical) 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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People Related terms: helot Translations (resident alien in ancient Greece): μέτοικος (métoikos) (Ancient Greek), metoik (Danish), metoik (Dutch), metoikit (Finnish), métèque (French), Metöke (German), μέτοικος (métoikos) [masculine] (Greek), meteco [masculine] (Italian), métiku [ALUPEC, masculine] (Kabuverdianu), métiku [Badiu, masculine] (Kabuverdianu), métiku [Santiago, masculine] (Kabuverdianu), metoecus (Latin), metojk [masculine] (Polish), meteco [masculine] (Portuguese), мете́к (metɛ́k) [masculine] (Russian), meteco (Spanish)

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      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
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      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
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      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
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      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
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      "word": "métiku"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
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      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "metojk"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "meteco"
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      "roman": "metɛ́k",
      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мете́к"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resident alien in ancient Greece",
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