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taskmistress

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task⋅mis⋅tress

  [task-mis-tris, tahsk-]
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–noun
1. a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, esp. burdensome ones, to others.
2. a woman who supervises others' work rigorously.
Origin:
1595–1605; task + mistress

Usage note:
See -ess.
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task·mis·tress   (tāsk'mĭs'trĭs)   
n.  A woman who imposes tasks, especially burdensome or laborious ones.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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