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Definitions for Corvee

[1] unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
[2] an obligation imposed on inhabitants of a district to perform services, as repair of roads, bridges, etc., for little or no remuneration.
[3] European history a day's unpaid labour owed by a feudal vassal to his lord
[4] the practice or an instance of forced labour

Words related to Corvee

corvéeservitude, slavery, gulag

Words nearby Corvee

corvéecorvine, corvisart des marets, corvisart's facies, corvo, corvus, corvée, corwin, cory, coryate, corybant, corybantic

Origin of Corvee

ée1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin corrogāta contribution, collection, noun use of feminine of Latin corrogātus (past participle of corrogāre to collect by asking), equivalent to cor- cor- + rogā(re ) to ask + -tus past participle suffix

Word origin for Corvee

éeC14: from Old French, from Late Latin corrogāta contribution, from Latin corrogāre to collect, from rogāre to ask

Synonyms for Corvee

chain gang, forced labor camp, gulag, hard labor, rock pile, servitude, slavery