as in boss
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
known as a tough but fair taskmaster
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Recent Examples of taskmaster
Some of the movie is an acid satire of pre-wedding rituals — like the first dance that Charlie and Emma are dutifully rehearsing for, with a ridiculously stern taskmaster of a coach.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
Guardiola was always a stern taskmaster with Sane, never overly praising him and often reeling back giddy reporters keen to hype the German star.
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Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Mother, the artificially intelligent taskmaster of the Weyland-Yutani corporation.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Cancer is a tough taskmaster, and doctors didn’t detect it early enough.
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Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
Guardiola was always a stern taskmaster with Sane, never overly praising him and often reeling back giddy reporters keen to hype the German star.
—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Mother, the artificially intelligent taskmaster of the Weyland-Yutani corporation.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Cancer is a tough taskmaster, and doctors didn’t detect it early enough.
—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taskmaster
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Countless Argentina bosses tried and failed.
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On Thursday, the Interior Department was claiming to have beat back the toxic blooms — while doing a drive-by trashing of Barack Obama to please the boss.
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Downtown Sacramento businesses remain skeptical that the state’s July return-to-office mandate affecting roughly 95,000 employees will actually materialize, even as foot traffic sits at 85% of April 2019 levels and local leaders rethink the urban core’s heavy reliance on office space.
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The concerns have drawn the attention of city leaders.
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Until then, viewers can enjoy the boiling, sometimes exploding, tension between Rob-Will and Rip, the new Jackson-family ranch foreman.
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Joaquin tries to explain what happened with Chet, but Rip doesn’t want to talk about the ranch’s dead ex-foreman.
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Owing to lengthy maturation cycles, these inaugural releases are rums influenced by the craft and stewardship of three generations of Mount Gay master blenders.
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But according to master distiller Brent Elliott, this cask finishing project started well before either of those things were a reality.
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Both Canada's Cyle Larin and Switzerland's captain Granit Xhaka earned yellow cards in a spicy fight that had both sides arguing on the pitch.
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Messi currently plays forward and captains both Inter Miami CF (which is co-owned by former English football star David Beckham) and the Argentina national team.
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At this point, Larry the cat, the Downing Street chief mouser, may be one of the country's few remaining sources of political continuity.
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Susan Page, the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY, has covered 12 presidential elections and seven presidents.
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Under Cooper’s order, the center’s managers plan to meet with the board in mid-July to vote on how to move forward on construction, according to a Justice Department filing June 19.
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Giants manager Tony Vitello was about to pinch-run for Devers in hopes of adding speed on the bases to tie the game.
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Even the commander seemed to be smiling.
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Ukraine’s drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said Kyiv had attacked Sevastopol’s main power substation seven times in the early hours of Wednesday.
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“Taskmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taskmaster. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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