taskmaster
Noun
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Noun
taskmaster (plural taskmasters)
- Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 3:7:
- And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 3:7:
- (figuratively) A source of hard work or responsibility.
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