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taskmasters

taskmasters is the plural of taskmaster.

Meaning of taskmaster

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

Questions about taskmasters

What is taskmasters the plural of?
Taskmasters is the plural of taskmaster.

Words near taskmasters in the dictionary

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

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