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1
a boss who assigns much work
- pitiless taskmaster that he was, Ebenezer Scrooge only reluctantly let his ill-paid clerk have Christmas Day off
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2
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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The first known use of taskmaster was in 1530
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