taskmastern.

Etymology: < task n. + master n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtaskˌmaster.

One whose office is to allot tasks and see to their performance; an overseer; a middleman; spec. in plastering (see quot. 1892); also figurative one who allots a duty, or imposes a heavy burden or labour.

ΘΚΠ

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

taskmaster1530

tasker1598

task-lord1606

exactor1609

task-man1856

task-officer1859

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. i. f. ii^v And he [sc. Pharao] sette taskemasters ouer them.

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. v. f. viii^v And the officers of the childern of Israel which Pharaos taskmasters had sett ouer them, were beaten.

1645 J. Milton Sonnet vii, in Poems 49 All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great task Masters eye.

1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. viii. 67 There is no equality between me and my Task-master.

1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 212 The task-master's whip held over his head.

1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Taskmaster, one who takes work from the original contractor in the plastering industry, and sets a given quantity of work to be done in a certain time.

Derivatives

ˈtaskˌmastership n. the office or position of a taskmaster.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > position or office of specific workers

plumbership1455

portership1521

clerkship1531

factorshipc1550

pavership1597

mastership1688

private secretaryship1789

writership1810

taskmastership1815

factoryship1836

engineership1839

foremanship1853

improvership1864

call boy1877

gaffership1895

producership1924

operatorship1934

1815 Zeluca I. 70 All the arts, and all the sciences..all conned in submission to taskmastership.

1898 Daily News 12 Nov. 3/6 Having..passed through both the terrible ordeal of a lower boy's life at Eton and..having enjoyed the delights of cruel taskmastership.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	taskmaster
释义	taskmastern. Etymology: < task n. + master n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtaskˌmaster. One whose office is to allot tasks and see to their performance; an overseer; a middleman; spec. in plastering (see quot. 1892); also figurative one who allots a duty, or imposes a heavy burden or labour. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > taskmaster taskmaster1530 tasker1598 task-lord1606 exactor1609 task-man1856 task-officer1859 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. i. f. ii^v And he [sc. Pharao] sette taskemasters ouer them. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. v. f. viii^v And the officers of the childern of Israel which Pharaos taskmasters had sett ouer them, were beaten. 1645 J. Milton Sonnet vii, in Poems 49 All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great task Masters eye. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. viii. 67 There is no equality between me and my Task-master. 1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 212 The task-master's whip held over his head. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Taskmaster, one who takes work from the original contractor in the plastering industry, and sets a given quantity of work to be done in a certain time. Derivatives ˈtaskˌmastership n. the office or position of a taskmaster. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > position or office of specific workers plumbership1455 portership1521 clerkship1531 factorshipc1550 pavership1597 mastership1688 private secretaryship1789 writership1810 taskmastership1815 factoryship1836 engineership1839 foremanship1853 improvership1864 call boy1877 gaffership1895 producership1924 operatorship1934 1815 Zeluca I. 70 All the arts, and all the sciences..all conned in submission to taskmastership. 1898 Daily News 12 Nov. 3/6 Having..passed through both the terrible ordeal of a lower boy's life at Eton and..having enjoyed the delights of cruel taskmastership. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1530
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