taskmaster
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tər, ˈtɑskˌmɑ 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.
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| —n | |
| a person, discipline, etc, that enforces work, esp hard or continuous work: his teacher is a hard taskmaster | |
| 'taskmistress | |
| —fem n | |
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Taskmaster
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
She has been a gentle taskmaster, kindly encouraging everyone to their best efforts.
The majority of his pupils found him an impossibly demanding and exacting taskmaster.
To those who work at her fashion house, she is an unremittingly severe taskmaster.
He was growing into the taskmaster who would prowl the parking lot on weekends to see who'd made it in.
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