Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈtæs.kəɹ/(American English) /ˈtæs.kə/(British English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Middle English taske meaning "task, assignment". A tasker was a person who had a fixed job to do, particularly a person who threshed grain with a flail. Categories agriculture, English nouns, isograms, mountaineers, occupations, word names