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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Met·ic n.  Gr. Antiq. A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.
    The whole force of Athens, metics as well as citizens, and all the strangers who were then in the city.   --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 metic
      n : an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city