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
By April 7, however, Venus will meet with taskmaster Saturn in a sobering conjunction, urging you to take a realistic look at your relationships and connections.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Personal happiness is on trial as taskmaster Saturn joins the North Node.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
As the sun joins taskmaster Saturn in Pisces, your eighth house of transformation and catharsis becomes illuminated.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Go From Managing Tasks To Developing People One of the most significant mindset shifts great leaders make is moving from manager as taskmaster to manager as developer.
—Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Personal happiness is on trial as taskmaster Saturn joins the North Node.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
As the sun joins taskmaster Saturn in Pisces, your eighth house of transformation and catharsis becomes illuminated.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Go From Managing Tasks To Developing People One of the most significant mindset shifts great leaders make is moving from manager as taskmaster to manager as developer.
—Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taskmaster
Noun
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In a Reddit post, the woman's employee exposed her boss's shortcomings by simply following instructions.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The violence all allegedly stemmed from a workplace grudge triggered by a $100 equipment bill from his boss for damage to heavy construction equipment, authorities said.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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Wilde said the move from Sasse to Ono suggests UF may be seeking a leader with stronger academic credentials, but under tighter political guardrails.—
Garrett Shanley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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Afraid conditions would only worsen, leaders announced in May 2024 their plans to disassemble the chapel, a national historic landmark and popular wedding venue.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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Joel, meanwhile, has become Jackson’s construction foreman, which puts him at odds with his sister-in-law, Maria (Rutina Wesley).—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The core idea of this story is that the justice system defaults repeatedly to favoring the voices of authority: the police (who didn’t investigate thoroughly), the foreman (who took the word of the police), and so on.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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His Damn Right Farewell tour is a celebration of his extraordinary career for fans to have the opportunity to witness a blues master at work.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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So Julie has become the master of this realm inside the cave and inside this enormous pile of bones.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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For the 2025 sequel, Nanette — now captain of the Callister — gets into several physical fights, giving Milioti her first real taste of stunt work.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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Among them is Al Budding, the former team captain and a distinguished coach who was inducted into the Moraine Valley Community College Baseball Hall of Fame after coaching there from 1987 to 2005.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Gary Oldman plays the acerbic Jackson Lamb, the odoriferous chief of Slough House where MI5 agents who just can’t cut it – or who are being punished for one reason or another – are sent.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Channel 4’s content chief Ian Katz admitted to his team at the end of April that his own future was uncertain.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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New Brazil national team manager Carlo Ancelotti can see his side confirm its spot at the FIFA 2026 World Cup this week.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Spoelstra was voted the best head coach in the NBA (69 percent of vote), best manager/motivator of people (37 percent) and the head coach with the best defensive schemes (23 percent) in the last survey of general managers ahead of the 2024-25 season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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“Taskmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taskmaster. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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