taskmaster









taskmaster


noun

  1. a person whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
  2. a person who supervises rigorously the work of others.

noun

  1. a person, discipline, etc, that enforces work, esp hard or continuous workhis teacher is a hard taskmaster

n.1520s, from task (n.) + master (n.).

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