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corvée
[ kawr-vey ]
noun
- unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- an obligation imposed on inhabitants of a district to perform services, as repair of roads, bridges, etc., for little or no remuneration.
corvée
/ ˈkɔːveɪ /
noun
- European history a day's unpaid labour owed by a feudal vassal to his lord
- the practice or an instance of forced labour
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corvée1
C14: from Old French, from Late Latin corrogāta contribution, from Latin corrogāre to collect, from rogāre to ask
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Example Sentences
The evils of the road corvée, meanwhile remained patent and indisputable.
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The milice supplied as bad troops as the corvée supplied bad roads.
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The corvée, vexatious as it was, yet excited less violent heats and inflicted less misery than the abuses of military service.
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Their architects could count upon the labour not only of the fellahs of the corvée, but also upon thousands of foreign prisoners.
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On one of the little islands, let to a middleman, all the evil features of the corvée are brought into prominence.
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