metic
/ˈmɛtɪk
/noun
A foreigner living in an ancient Greek city who had some of the privileges of citizenship.Various subdivisions and subgroups in Athens also had numerous other cultic associations - metics from Phoenicia and metics from Corinth, for instance, had their own cults....
- His most famous pupil was the Athenian politician Demetrius of Phalerum, through whose influence he, though a metic (resident foreigner), was allowed to own property.
- An important distinction is that between foreigners passing through and metics settled in the polis.
Origin
Early 19th century: formed irregularly from Greek metoikos, from meta- (expressing change) + oikos 'dwelling'.