adscript adj 1: written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it [ant: {inferior}, {subscript}, {superior}, {superscript}] 2: (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript serf" [syn: {adscript}, {adscripted}]
Adscript \Ad"script\, a. [L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to enroll. See {Ascribe}.] Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs. [1913 Webster]
Adscript \Ad"script\, n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]