Usually means: Person who assigns and oversees tasks.
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  1. taskmaster: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. taskmaster: Merriam-Webster
  3. taskmaster: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. taskmaster: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. taskmaster: Collins English Dictionary
  6. taskmaster: Vocabulary.com
  7. Taskmaster, taskmaster: Wordnik
  8. taskmaster: Wiktionary
  9. taskmaster: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. taskmaster: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. taskmaster: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. taskmaster: Dictionary.com
  13. taskmaster: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Taskmaster (American TV series), Taskmaster (TV series), Taskmaster (U.S. TV series), Taskmaster (US TV series), Taskmaster (comics), Taskmaster (disambiguation), Taskmaster, The Taskmaster: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Taskmaster: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. taskmaster: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. taskmaster: Rhymezone
  18. Taskmaster: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. taskmaster: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. taskmaster: FreeDictionary.org
  21. taskmaster: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. taskmaster: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Taskmaster (comics), The Taskmaster, taskmaster: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (taskmaster)

▸ noun:  Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A source of hard work or responsibility.

Similar:
tasker, work-master, master, taskmistress, tasksetter, workmaster, tormentor, trackmaster, timeworker, gangmaster, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, follower, employee, underling, apprentice

Types:
slave driver, taskmistress, overseer, boss, supervisor, manager, more...

Phrases:
strict taskmaster, more...

Adjectives:
hard, stern, great, harsh, tough, egyptian, cruel, severe, exacting, strict, relentless

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Similar:
tasker, work-master, master, taskmistress, tasksetter, workmaster, tormentor, trackmaster, timeworker, gangmaster, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, follower, employee, underling, apprentice

Types:
slave driver, taskmistress, overseer, boss, supervisor, manager, more...

Phrases:
strict taskmaster, more...

Adjectives:
hard, stern, great, harsh, tough, egyptian, cruel, severe, exacting, strict, relentless



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