Adscript

3 definitions found

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

  Adscript \Ad"script\, a. [L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to
     enroll. See {Ascribe}.]
     Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal
     serfs.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Adscript \Ad"script\, n.
     One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a
     feudal serf. --Bancroft.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adscript
       adj 1: written or printed immediately following another character
              and aligned with it [ant: {superscript}, {subscript}]
       2: (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their
          service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript
          serf" [syn: {adscripted}]