taskmaster

[Eng. task, s., and master.] One who imposes a task or tasks; one who a igns tasks to others and superintends their execution. "Driven to madne by this usage, he killed his task master."-Taylor: Words and Places (1878), ch. ii. tăs'-lět, s . [English ta e ; dim in. suff. -let .] A piece of arinor for the thigh. "Thigh-pieces of steel, then called taslets ."-Scott: Legend of Montrose, p. 16. Tăş-mā-ni-an, a. & s. [See def.] A. As adj.: Of or pertaining to Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Tasmania. Tasmanian-devil, s. [NATIVE-DEVIL, URSINE DASYURE.] Tasmanian fern-root, s . [TARA.] Tasmanian sub-region, s . Ichthy.: A sub-region established by ichthyologists, for the study of the distribution of freshwater fishes. It consists of Tasmania with a por tion of Southeastern Australia. Tasmanian-wolf, s. [THYLACINUS.]