adscript

3 definitions found

adscript - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

adscript - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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