/ Dictionary / Index T taskmistress: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: task•mis•tress Pronunciation: (task'mis"tris, täsk'-), [key] — n. a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, esp. burdensome ones, to others. a woman who supervises others' work rigorously. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: taskmistress (Thesaurus) taskmaster taskwork Related Content Daily Word Quiz: frugal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language