taskmaster

Part of speech: noun

One who assigns tasks.

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Usage examples "taskmaster":

  1. We must not for an instant imagine that Browning was indolent or indifferent; it is known that he was a taskmaster to himself. - "Emerson and Other Essays", John Jay Chapman.
  2. Larry the Bat, is a hard taskmaster! - "The Adventures of Jimmie Dale", Frank L. Packard.
  3. Mr Willows a taskmaster! - "Will of the Mill", George Manville Fenn.