metic
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English
Etymology
From Late Latin metycus (also metoecus), from Ancient Greek μέτοικος (métoikos, “foreigner, metic”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtɪk/
- (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈmɛtək/, [ˈmɛɾək]
- (intervocalic alveolar flapping) Homophone: medic
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Noun
metic (plural metics)
- (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.
Translations
resident alien in ancient Greece
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