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taskmaster
taskmaster
noun task·mas·ter \ˈtask-ËŒmas-tÉ™r\
: a person who assigns work to other people
Full Definition of TASKMASTER
:Â one that imposes a task or burdens another with labor
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Examples of TASKMASTER
- <pitiless taskmaster that he was, Ebenezer Scrooge only reluctantly let his ill-paid clerk have Christmas Day off>
- <known as a tough but fair taskmaster>
First Known Use of TASKMASTER
1530
Related to TASKMASTER
- Synonyms
- slave driver
Rhymes with TASKMASTER
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