taskmaster
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noun
task·mas·ter
\ˈtask-ˌmas-tər\
Simple Definition of taskmaster
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: a person who assigns work to other people
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
Full Definition of taskmaster
: one that imposes a task or burdens another with labor
Examples of taskmaster in a sentence
<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>
1530
First Known Use of taskmaster
1530
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