Metic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metic \Met"ic\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. ?, prop., changing one's
     abode; ?, indicating change + ? house, abode: cf. L.
     metoecus, F. m['e]t[`e]que.] (Gr. Antiq.)
     A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian
     city, but not a citizen. --Mitford.
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           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 [wn]:

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