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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

T`ASKMASTER, n. [task and master.] One who imposes a task, or burdens with labor. Sinful propensities and appetites are men's most unrelenting taskmasters. They condemn us to unceasing drudgery, and reward us with pain, remorse and poverty. Next to our sinful propensities, fashion is the most oppressive taskmaster.
1. One whose office is to assign tasks to others. Exo
1:3.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who imposes hard or continuous work

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1530 one that imposes a task or burdens another with labor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (fem. taskmistress) a person who imposes a task or burden, esp. regularly or severely.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Taskmaster Task"mas`ter, n. One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. --Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(taskmasters) If you refer to someone as a hard taskmaster, you mean that they expect the people they supervise to work very hard. N-COUNT: usu adj N

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

task'-mas-ter. (sar mac, "chief of the burden" or "levy" (Ex 1:11); noghes, "distress," "driver," "oppressor," "raiser of taxes," "taskmaster" (Ex 3:7; 5:6,10,13,14)): Officials of this class seem to have been officially appointed by Pharaoh for the purpose of oppressing the Israelites and subduing their spirits, lest they seek complete independence or organize a rebellion against the government (Ex 1:11). The condition of the Israelites at this time became one of complete vassalage or slavery, probably owing to the fact that the Hyksos were driven out and a new dynasty was established, which knew nothing of Joseph and his people.SARIS">RAB-SARIS /JL(which see) and JL:Jump,"RABSHAKEH"RABSHAKEH /JL(which see) with a great host against Jerusalem. The names of the-two officials are not known.

Frank E. Hirsch

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Overseer, tasker.

Moby Thesaurus

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