taskmistress
Example Sentences
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In the sweeping Scottish Highlands, Claudia Winkleman has played taskmistress for three weeks over an ever-shrinking band of players stationed at Ardross Castle.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022
This description probably makes Ho sound like a taskmistress – an approachable one, but a drill coach more than the life coach that she is.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022
Uncle Clifford is a taskmistress, but she minds her dancers less in the way of a madam than a mother hen.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2022
Ivana Trump was an immigrant from communist Czechoslovakia and a taskmistress who would not brook dissent.
From Time ● Nov. 29, 2
Behold, I will learn a new wisdom that I may be unto my handmaids a friend rather than a taskmistress, that in so doing I may win unto my household the damsel who hath intelligence.
From Rosemary and Rue by Amber
