Definitions for taskmistress

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taskmistress task·mis·tress

Spelling: [task-mis-tris, tahsk-]

IPA: /ˈtæskˌmɪs trɪs, ˈtɑsk-/

Taskmistress is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 797 anagrams from letters in taskmistress (aeikmrsssstt).

Definitions for taskmistress

noun

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

Origin of taskmistress

First recorded in 1595-1605; task + mistress

Examples for taskmistress

Then our taskmistress appeared just as the floor was finished; she had forgotten the store room, it was locked up and not cleaned.

For one blessed three-quarters of an hour before I finished the taskmistress was away.

So we worked steadily, my friend's fate being worse, as she worked under the taskmistress's eye.