A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1675
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]
Taske maister, n. [e.m.E. taskemaster (Tindale).] A task master, an (unjust) overseer. — ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. III 145.
When the king and his attendants came last yeare to ther border, … theye saw the peoples afflictione, by ther taske maisters; and wold the king now peruse ther papers they doubte not but they wold be justifyd and that the light of his justice to them is ecclipsed by evill ministers
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Taske Maister n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/taske_maister>
