taskmistress

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Recent Examples of taskmistress The arrangement understandably makes commentators squirm: a white taskmistress keeping a black ward in her basement to turn out paintings on command. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taskmistress
Noun
  • May comes to a close with taskmaster Saturn entering your sign, for the first time since 1999.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • By April 7, however, Venus will meet with taskmaster Saturn in a sobering conjunction, urging you to take a realistic look at your relationships and connections.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Either way, Columbia could more easily identify the protesters, much to the advantage of disciplinarians looking to move fast.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
  • Both were industrious strivers at work and strict disciplinarians at home.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But Muir’s co-moderator, Linsey Davis, was a different case: Davis wore a mannish, gray suit jacket and struck a pose of martinet — almost schoolmarmish — solemnity.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
  • There’s Cece’s father, long vanished; Ronnie, a predator; Marcel, a martinet; Joel, a manipulator; and a random catcaller in the street, whom Cece sends scurrying away by turning her acting skills to practical use.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024

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“Taskmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taskmistress. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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