Corvee Definition

kôr-vā, kôrvā
noun
Labor exacted by a local authority for little or no pay or instead of taxes and used especially in the maintenance of roads.
American Heritage
The enforced and unpaid labor of a peasant for his feudal lord.
Webster's New World
Forced labor exacted by a government, as for the construction of public works.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of corvee.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Corvee

Noun

Singular:
corvee
Plural:
corves, corvees

Origin of Corvee

  • French corvée 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 reg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French

    From Wiktionary

Corvee Sentence Examples

  • The state demanded men for the army and the corvee as well as dues in kind.

  • But Rehoboam refused to depart from Solomon's despotic rule, and was tactless enough to send Adoniram, the overseer of the corvee.

  • This culture-system worked fairly during Van den Bosch's tenure of office, but gave rise to many abuses between 1833 and 1844, involving, as it did, a combination of the metayer and corvee systems.

  • The corvee exists, with its usual hardships.

  • This he succeeded in doing to a large extent, witnessing if not initiating the practical abolition of the corvee and many other reforms. The appointment of an Anglo-Indian official as judicial adviser to the khedive was, however, opposed by Riaz, who resigned in May 1891.

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