adscripted

1. 1.

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

   “an adscript serf”

   Synonymsadscript

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Questions about adscripted

What does adscripted mean?

adscripted means "(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner".

How many syllables are in adscripted?

adscripted has 3 syllables: ad-scrip-ted. The stress falls on "ad".

What is another word for adscripted?

Close synonyms include adscript. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adscripted a common word?

adscripted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.