adscript

Meanings

Noun

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

Adjective

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

Verb

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

Origin

• From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere. See ascribe.