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corvee (countable and uncountable, plural corvees)

 

Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.

Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.

 

From French corvée, from Medieval Latin corrogāta, based on Latin corrogāre (“to entreat together”).

 

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