tasker

noun

task·​er

-kə(r)

plural -s

1

chiefly dialectal : one that performs a task

specifically : a laborer (as a thresher or reaper) at piecework

2

: one that imposes a task : taskmaster

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from taske, tasque, noun + -er

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