taskmistressn.
A woman (or something personified as female) who assigns tasks, or apportions labour.
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1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. V1v His taske-mistresse Iuno was faine to crie out, Defessa sum iubendo.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. ix. 41 You will consider yourself as the Task-mistress, and the..Female Servants as so many Negroes.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xvii. 245 For which, O willing slaves to Custom old, Severe task mistress! ye your hearts have sold.
1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 212 Kit knew that his task-mistress was listening.
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