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noun
Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A source of hard work or responsibility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
someone who imposes hard or continuous work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: supervisor
Narrower terms: slave driver, taskmistress
History
From task + master.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
