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

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

n. An emigrant or immigrant; specifically, in ancient Greece, a resident alien who in general bore the burdens of a citizen, and had some of the citizen's privileges; hence, any resident alien.

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

"Even if a slave becomes freed, he does not become an Athenian citizen; he is only a "metic," a resident foreigner, and his old master, or some other Athenian, must be his patron and representative in every kind of legal business."

outlander    foreigner    noncitizen    alien   

sojourner    immigrant