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taskmistress

taskmistress noun: a woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer.

Noun

taskmistress (plural taskmistresses)

  1. A woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer.
    • Not only under the laſh of my taſk-miſtreſs, but the drudge of the maid, apprentices and children, I never had a taſte of human kindneſs to ſoften the rigour of perpetual labour.1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […]...

Forms of taskmistress

pluraltaskmistresses

Origin of taskmistress

From task + mistress.

Questions about taskmistress

What does taskmistress mean?
Taskmistress means a woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer.
What part of speech is taskmistress?
Taskmistress is a noun.
What is the plural of taskmistress?
The plural of taskmistress is taskmistresses.

Words near taskmistress in the dictionary

  1. tasklists
  2. taskmaster
  3. taskmasterly
  4. taskmasters
  5. taskmastership
  6. taskmistress
  7. taskmistresses
  8. taskpad
  9. taskpads
  10. tasks
  11. taskscape

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