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Adscript

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Written after, as distinguished from subscript, or written under: as, in Greek grammar, an iota (ι) adscript.
  • Attached to the soil, as a slave or feudal serf. See adscriptus glebæ.
  • noun. A serf attached to an estate and transferable with it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.
  • noun. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
  • noun. Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it
  • adjective. (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
  • Word Usage
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