Taskmaster
['tɑːskmɑːstə] or ['tæskmæstɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Overseer.
Typed by Benjamin
Examples
- The heath is a cruel taskmaster to me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- So, even while he was their griping taskmaster and never gave them a good word, he had written their names down in his will. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Here there were no white men, no soldiers, nor any rubber or ivory to be gathered for cruel and thankless taskmasters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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