Definition of Metic

1. Noun. An alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city.

Generic synonyms: Alien, Foreigner, Noncitizen, Outlander

Definition of Metic

1. n. A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.

Definition of Metic

1. Noun. In ancient Greece, a resident alien who did not have citizen rights and who paid a tax for the right to live there. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metic

1. a resident alien in an ancient Greek city [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metic

methylurea compounds
methyluridine
methylxanthine
methylxanthines
methyprylon
methyprylone
methysergide
methysergide maleate
methysergides
methyses
methysis
methysticin
methæmoglobin
metiamide
metic (current term)
metica
meticais
metical
meticals
meticas
meticillin
metics
meticulosities
meticulosity
meticulous
meticulously
meticulousness
metier
metiers

Literary usage of Metic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Greek Antiquities by Percy Gardner, Frank Byron Jevons (1895)
"In return for the privilege thus accorded to him, the metic incurred sundry obligations, some onerous, towards the state. He had to pay the metic-tux, ..."

2. A Manual of Greek Antiquities by Percy Gardner, Frank Byron Jevons (1895)
"In return for the privilege thus accorded to him, the metic incurred sundry obligations, some onerous, towards the state. ..."

3. The Organon, Or Logical Treatises, of Aristotle: With the Introduction of by Aristotle, Octavius Freire Owen, Porphyry (1853)
"... metic then harmonic science, and that which consists of fewer things than that which is from addition, as arithmetic than geometry. ..."

4. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"metic operations, since the improved appearance, though not equal to the normal condition, is a great solace to the disfigured patient. ..."

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