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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it;

2. (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner;
- Example: "an adscript serf"
[syn: adscript, adscripted]


The 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adscript \Ad"script\, n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]