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taskmistress

task·mis·tress
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [task-mis-tris, tahsk-]
    • /ˈtæskˌmɪs trɪs, ˈtɑsk-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [task-mis-tris, tahsk-]
    • /ˈtæskˌmɪs trɪs, ˈtɑsk-/

Definitions of taskmistress word

  • noun taskmistress a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others. 1
  • noun taskmistress a woman who supervises others' work rigorously. 1
See all 2 definitions of taskmistress

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Origin of taskmistress

First appearance:

before 1595
One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; task + mistress

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Parts of speech for Taskmistress

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Taskmistress

taskmistress popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for taskmistress

noun taskmistress

  • big gun — If you refer to someone as a big gun, you mean that they have a lot of power or influence.
  • big guns — an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.
  • controller — A controller is a person who has responsibility for a particular organization or for a particular part of an organization.
  • dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
  • foreperson — a foreman or forewoman.
All 7 Synonyms of taskmistress

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