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Definition of Taskmistress
1. Noun. A woman taskmaster.
Definition of Taskmistress
1. Noun. Female equivalent of taskmaster. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taskmistress
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taskmistress
Literary usage of Taskmistress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unsoundness of Mind by Thomas Smith Clouston (1911)
"While we know that Nature exacts a penalty of some sort for every breach of her
laws, yet it is certain that in many ways she is a light taskmistress. ..."
2. Unsoundness of Mind by Thomas Smith Clouston (1911)
"While we know that Nature exacts a penalty of some sort for every breach of her
laws, yet it is certain that in many ways she is a light taskmistress. ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1887)
"... and was sometimes even kind, but his young wife was a shrew, and a hard
taskmistress to two children who had been accustomed to do very much as they ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"Pressed by that stern taskmistress, he went to the royal palace and asked if the
king would employ him as a scribe, since he had great skill in writing ..."
5. Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 by James Anthony Froude (1885)
"... all into white heat before it would run into the mould, and he was in no
condition to bear any fresh burden. Alas for him, he had a stern taskmistress. ..."
6. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1874)
"... Mrs. Barmby would, I am sure, be a most lenient taskmistress, and I have no
doubt that I could please her, ..."
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