Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Labor exacted by a local authority for little or no pay or instead of taxes and used especially in the maintenance of roads.
- noun A day of unpaid work required of a vassal by a feudal lord.
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- noun Alternative form of
corvee .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French corvée and Middle English corve, both from Old French corovee, from Medieval Latin (opera) corrogāta, (work) requested, neuter pl. of Latin corrogātus, past participle of corrogāre, to summon together : com-, com- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
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