What does persona non gratis mean?

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It's actually persona non grata.

It means someone who has been rejected by a group. A person who is not wanted/welcome.

A very famous example of this is in the British royal family - the Duchess of York is persona non grata. She has been excluded from royal life for the most part since here divorce.
A person who is not welcome, this is what a country declares another country's diplomat to be when they kick him out, typically for spying.
Well, it's actually "persona non grata." It would be a shunned or unwelcome person.

Technically, a "persona non gratis" would be a person without thanks. :o)
Persona non grata (Latin, plural: personae non gratae), literally meaning "an unwelcome person," is a term used in diplomacy with a specialized and legally defined meaning. The opposite of persona non grata is persona grata.
persona non grata - an unwelcome person.

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