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Metic vs Stander - What's the difference?

metic | stander |

As nouns the difference between metic and stander

is that metic is in ancient greece, a resident alien who did not have citizen rights and who paid a tax for the right to live there while stander is stand (a device to hold something upright or aloft).

metic

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In ancient Greece, a resident alien who did not have citizen rights and who paid a tax for the right to live there.

    • External links

    ("metic" on Wikipedia)

    stander

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who stands.
  • (obsolete) A standel.
    • (Ascham)