metic

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtɪk/

The English word “metic” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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.

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

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