˜yÐÄvlog

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taskmistress

[ task-mis-tris, tahsk- ]

noun

  1. a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
  2. a woman who supervises others' work rigorously.


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Gender Note

See -ess.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of taskmistress1

First recorded in 1595–1605; task + mistress
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This description probably makes Ho sound like a taskmistress – an approachable one, but a drill coach more than the life coach that she is.

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Uncle Clifford is a taskmistress, but she minds her dancers less in the way of a madam than a mother hen.

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Ivana Trump was an immigrant from communist Czechoslovakia and a taskmistress who would not brook dissent.

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Mrs Merkel knows that standing out as Europe’s taskmistress will be resented.

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Ye find it not in luxury nor in gold, Not in the fame nor in the envied sway, For which O willing slaves to custom old, Severe taskmistress, ye your hearts have sold.

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