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corvée

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corvée /ˈkɔːveɪ/

▶noun historical

1 a day's unpaid labour owed by a vassal to his feudal lord.

2 forced labour exacted in lieu of taxes.

– origin ME: from OFr., based on L. corrogare ‘ask for, collect’.

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