单词 | corvee |
释义 | corvee (once / 155518 pages) n WORD FAMILY corvee: corvees USAGE EXAMPLESMilitary service is the only corvée which the Russian peasants regard with real horror. Hell, Xavier Hommaire de, Travels in the Steppes of the Caspi...(2011) I am glad for the poor lad that the corvée of settling is over; he was dying to get back to his work. Barrington, Mrs. Russell, The Life, Letters and Work of Frede...(2011) They want us to pay some of the taxes—the corvée or the taille. Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, Petticoat Rule(2011) n unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes Hyper labor, labour, toil productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
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