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metics

metics is the plural of metic.

Meaning of metic

Noun

metic (plural metics)

  1. (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.

Questions about metics

What is metics the plural of?
Metics is the plural of metic.

Words near metics in the dictionary

  1. meticais
  2. metical
  3. meticals
  4. meticas
  5. meticillin
  6. metics
  7. meticulosities
  8. meticulosity
  9. meticulous
  10. meticulously
  11. meticulousness

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