taskmistress

taskmistress
/task"mis'tris, tahsk"-/, n.
1. a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, esp. burdensome ones, to others.
2. a woman who supervises others' work rigorously.
[1595-1605; TASK + MISTRESS]
Usage. See -ess.

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