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adscript

The English word “adscript” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
  2. Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.

adjective

  1. Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

verb

  1. To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

Etymology

From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere (“to enroll”). See ascribe.

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