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Definition of Taskmasters
1. taskmaster [n] - See also: taskmaster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taskmasters
Literary usage of Taskmasters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Inquiry Into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the by An American (1839)
"Why slaveholders should be judged charitably—and the subject investigated—northern
ministers appealed to—northern men at the South—severe taskmasters—why. ..."
2. Pioneering in the Far East: And Journeys to California in 1849 and to the by Ludvig Verner Helms (1882)
"The Balinese were not, however, hard taskmasters, and even under the circumstances,
the relation between freeman and slave seemed kindly; but, in reality, ..."
3. The Peruvians at Home by George R. Fitz-Roy Cole (1884)
"... Poll-tax"—Commission of the Chinese Government to Cuba—Evidence taken—Kidnapping—Hard
taskmasters— Information withheld—Agreements broken by Employers—A ..."
4. The Peruvians at Home by George R. Fitz-Roy Cole (1884)
"... Chinese Government to Cuba—Evidence taken—Kidnapping—Hard taskmasters—
Information withheld—Agreements broken by Employers—A Long Day's Work—The Coolie ..."
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