taskern.

Brit.

/ˈtɑːskə/,

/ˈtaskə/, U.S.

/ˈtæskər/

Etymology: < task v. (or task n.) + -er suffix¹.

†1. One who assesses or regulates a rate or price (e.g. of lodgings, things brought to market, etc.).

ΚΠ

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Agoranomus, he that setteth the pryce of vyttayle, a tasker.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. iii. i. 82 Vicechancelors are changed euerie yeare, as are also the proctors, taskers, maisters of the streates and other officers.

1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) ii. ii. 113 They had ten Aediles, Taskers or Iudges of the Market. [Cf. taxer n. 1b.]

2. One who imposes or sets a task; a taskmaster.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > taskmaster

taskmaster1530

tasker1598

task-lord1606

exactor1609

task-man1856

task-officer1859

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 20 But now to taske the tasker .

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 297 This Avaricious Plenty is its own Tasker, its owne Pharaoh.

1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iii. 39 Hear, ye sullen Pow'rs below: Hear, ye taskers of the dead.

1827 W. Kennedy Poems 63 It may not be, My taskers call me to the sea.

a. One who works or is paid by the task or piece, as distinct from a day-labourer, etc. (dialect).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > piece-worker

tasker1621

pieceworker1757

piece man1815

piecemaker1839

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 12 If our greedy Patrons hold vs to such hard conditions,..they will make some of vs at last turne Taskers, Costermongers, sell Ale..or worse.

1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 3 A due Tasker and Day-labourer for the appointed wages and gaine.

1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 90 In cutting the lent corn, few ‘taskers’ are employed, the resident labourers being generally sufficient.

b. spec. One who threshes corn with a flail, as task-work n. or piece-work: see quot. 1792.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > thresher

thresher1221

thrasher1364

tasker14..

flail-swinger?1518

berrier1573

lotman1762

barnmana1805

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 318 He suld..haf..A flaill, as he a taskar [1489 Adv. thresscher] ware.]

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 697/19 Hic triturator, a tasker.

c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 377 He that is tasker in ony man's barn.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. viii. 57 His Tasker can lay a greater Number of Wheat-sheaves on it at a Time.

1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. July xii. 131 I heard a Tasker-servant say, That he could hardly bear to stay in the Barn.

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 353 The taskers are those, who are employed in threshing out the corn; and they receive..the twenty-fifth part for their labour; and this has been their fixed and stated wages, as far back as can be remembered.

1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 82 The tasker, (or thresher who worked by tasked work), had to take it from the heap,..to lay it on the floor, to shake it well, and then to thresh it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tasker
释义	taskern. Brit. /ˈtɑːskə/, /ˈtaskə/, U.S. /ˈtæskər/ Etymology: < task v. (or task n.) + -er suffix¹. †1. One who assesses or regulates a rate or price (e.g. of lodgings, things brought to market, etc.). ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Agoranomus, he that setteth the pryce of vyttayle, a tasker. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. iii. i. 82 Vicechancelors are changed euerie yeare, as are also the proctors, taskers, maisters of the streates and other officers. 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) ii. ii. 113 They had ten Aediles, Taskers or Iudges of the Market. [Cf. taxer n. 1b.] 2. One who imposes or sets a task; a taskmaster. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > taskmaster taskmaster1530 tasker1598 task-lord1606 exactor1609 task-man1856 task-officer1859 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 20 But now to taske the tasker . View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 297 This Avaricious Plenty is its own Tasker, its owne Pharaoh. 1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iii. 39 Hear, ye sullen Pow'rs below: Hear, ye taskers of the dead. 1827 W. Kennedy Poems 63 It may not be, My taskers call me to the sea. 3. a. One who works or is paid by the task or piece, as distinct from a day-labourer, etc. (dialect). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > piece-worker tasker1621 pieceworker1757 piece man1815 piecemaker1839 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 12 If our greedy Patrons hold vs to such hard conditions,..they will make some of vs at last turne Taskers, Costermongers, sell Ale..or worse. 1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 3 A due Tasker and Day-labourer for the appointed wages and gaine. 1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 90 In cutting the lent corn, few ‘taskers’ are employed, the resident labourers being generally sufficient. b. spec. One who threshes corn with a flail, as task-work n. or piece-work: see quot. 1792. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > thresher thresher1221 thrasher1364 tasker14.. flail-swinger?1518 berrier1573 lotman1762 barnmana1805 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 318 He suld..haf..A flaill, as he a taskar [1489 Adv. thresscher] ware.] 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 697/19 Hic triturator, a tasker. c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 377 He that is tasker in ony man's barn. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. viii. 57 His Tasker can lay a greater Number of Wheat-sheaves on it at a Time. 1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. July xii. 131 I heard a Tasker-servant say, That he could hardly bear to stay in the Barn. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 353 The taskers are those, who are employed in threshing out the corn; and they receive..the twenty-fifth part for their labour; and this has been their fixed and stated wages, as far back as can be remembered. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 82 The tasker, (or thresher who worked by tasked work), had to take it from the heap,..to lay it on the floor, to shake it well, and then to thresh it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.14..
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