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Capek

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Noun1.Capek - Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938)


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Many people know that the word robot came from rabota, meaning servant or serf, coined in 1921 by Czech writer Karel Capek in his play "R.
Capek solves this problem by having Helena (Casey Ging), the visiting youthful daughter of the company's president, for no apparent reason, immediately acquiesce to Domin's marriage proposal, a man she had met for the first time the day before.
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