Taskmaster

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  • noun. A person who regularly imposes difficult or demanding tasks.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who imposes a task or burdens with labor; one whose function it is to assign tasks to others; an overseer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
  • noun. A source of hard work or responsibility.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who imposes hard or continuous work
    • Word Usage
    "My appointment with RFK, well known as a taskmaster who kept long hours, had been scheduled for 8:00 p.m."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    supervisor  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    slave driver  taskmistress  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Philippic  admonishment  cross-examination  disciplinarian  dolefulness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Big Brother  Simon Legree  auditor  boatswain  boss  
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