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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corvee \Cor`vee"\ (k?r`v" or -v?"), n. [F. corv['e]e, fr LL corvada corrogata fr L. corrogare to entreat together; cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corvee n : unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes
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