adscript

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noun

A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.

Similar
adscriptedunfree
Opposite
superscriptsubscript
OriginLatin adscriptus →
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Meanings

nounadscript (plural adscripts)

plural adscripts

  1. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
  2. mediaSomething written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
adjectiveadscript (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHeld to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
verbadscript (third-person singular simple present adscripts, present participle adscripting, simple past and past participle adscripted)

present singular third person adscripts · participle present adscripting · participle past adscripted · past adscripted

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewritten or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it

Opposite
superscriptsubscript

adjective(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner

Similar
adscriptedunfree
Also see
unfree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinadscriptus
  2. Englishadscript

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

More words from Latin

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Translations

Danish livegen
  • livegenheld to service as attached to the soil
German leibeigen
  • leibeigenheld to service as attached to the soil
Portuguese adscrito
  • adscritoheld to service as attached to the soil
Russian крепостно́й
  • крепостно́й (krepostnój)held to service as attached to the soil
Swedish livegen
  • livegenheld to service as attached to the soil
Cite this entry
APA

adscript. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adscript

MLA

“adscript.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adscript. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adscript,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adscript.

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