adscript Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it
  2. adjective satellite (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
    adscripted.
    • an adscript serf

WordNet

Ad"script adjective
Etymology
L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to enroll. See Ascribe.
Definitions
  1. Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
Ad"script noun
Definitions
  1. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. Bancroft.

Webster 1913