taskmaster
[task-mas-ter, tahsk-mah-ster]
noun
a person whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
a person who supervises rigorously the work of others.
Origin of taskmaster
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Related Words for taskmaster
disciplinarian, supervisor, employer, director, manager, tyrant, overseer, owner, boss, foreperson, dominatorExamples from the Web for taskmaster
Historical Examples of taskmaster
There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
The taskmaster does not now interfere with him as he was wont to do when he first arrived.
The Pirate CityR.M. Ballantyne
What he needed was a taskmaster like you to call him to terms now and then.
Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth SeriesAugust Strindberg
But as soon as the taskmaster has departed, even a pretence of work ceases.
The Seven Curses of LondonJames Greenwood
But when the sun set she claimed her freedom; and her taskmaster did not dare to say her nay.
Folle-FarineOuida
taskmaster
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