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taskmaster

/ˈtæskˌmæstɚ/

taskmaster noun: someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.

Noun

taskmaster (plural taskmasters)

  1. Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
    • 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 sorrows1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 3:7
  2. (figuratively) A source of hard work or responsibility.
    • Everyone knows the enthusiasm is inauthentic and only for show, but artifice and inauthenticity are perfectly adequate for the politicization taskmasters. […] It all looked so easy when the competent were at the helm, but reality is a cruel taskmaster, and all the excuses that worked as an...2023 June 4, Charles Hugh Smith, What Happens When the Competent Opt Out?, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2023

taskmaster meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

taskmaster in Tamil

வேலை வாங்குபவர்

taskmaster in Malayalam

ജോലികൾ ഏല്പിക്കുന്നവൻ

taskmaster in Kannada

ನಿಂತುಕೊಂಡು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ದುಡಿಸುವವನು, ಕೆಲಸ ತೆಗೆಯುವವನು

Forms of taskmaster

pluraltaskmasters

Origin of taskmaster

From task + master.

Words formed from taskmaster

Questions about taskmaster

What does taskmaster mean?
Taskmaster means someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
What is taskmaster in Tamil?
Taskmaster in Tamil is வேலை வாங்குபவர். See Taskmaster meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is taskmaster?
Taskmaster is a noun.
How do you pronounce taskmaster?
Taskmaster is pronounced /ˈtæskˌmæstɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of taskmaster?
The plural of taskmaster is taskmasters.

Words near taskmaster in the dictionary

  1. tasklet
  2. tasklets
  3. tasklike
  4. tasklist
  5. tasklists
  6. taskmaster
  7. taskmasterly
  8. taskmasters
  9. taskmastership
  10. taskmistress
  11. taskmistresses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: taskmaster (page history and authors); taskmaster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); taskmaster (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); taskmaster (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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