taskmaster

task·mas·ter

noun \ˈtask-ˌmas-tər\

: a person who assigns work to other people

Full Definition of TASKMASTER

:  one that imposes a task or burdens another with labor

Examples of TASKMASTER

1. <pitiless taskmaster that he was, Ebenezer Scrooge only reluctantly let his ill-paid clerk have Christmas Day off>
2. <known as a tough but fair taskmaster>

First Known Use of TASKMASTER

1530

Related to TASKMASTER

Synonyms

slave driver

Related Words

enslaver; authoritarian, disciplinarian, discipliner, martinet, stickler; despot, dictator, oppressor, tyrant; dominator, overlord; taskmistress; micromanager

Near Antonyms

dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subject, subordinate, underling

Rhymes with TASKMASTER

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