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corvée

corvée is the alternative form of corvee.

Meaning of corvee

Noun

corvee (countable and uncountable, plural corvees)

  1. Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
  2. Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.

Forms of corvée

pluralcorvées

Questions about corvée

What is corvée the alternative form of?
Corvée is the alternative form of corvee.

Words near corvée in the dictionary

  1. corvorant
  2. corvorants
  3. corvus
  4. corvuses
  5. corvusite
  6. corvée
  7. corvées
  8. Corwen
  9. Corwin
  10. Corwins
  11. Corwith

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corvée (page history and authors); corvee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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