Synonyms for corvee
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kawr-vey |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɔrˈveɪ |
Définition of corvee
Origin :- mid-14c., "day's unpaid labor due to a lord by vassals under French feudal system" (abolished 1776), from Old French corvee (12c.), from Late Latin corrogata (opera) "requested work," from fem. past participle of Latin corrogare, from com- "with" (see com-) + rogare "to ask" (see rogation).
- As in labor camp : noun prison camp
- I should have been with Yankling Sahib now but for this cursed beegar (the corvee).
- Extract from : « Kim » by Rudyard Kipling
- It suggested that other slavery, which did not hide itself under the forms of conscription and corvee.
- Extract from : « Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- She thought he was referring obliquely to the corvee and the other thing in which her life-work was involved.
- Extract from : « Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
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