Associations to the word «Taskmaster»

Wiktionary

TASKMASTER, noun. Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
TASKMASTER, noun. (figuratively) A source of hard work or responsibility.

Dictionary definition

TASKMASTER, noun. Someone who imposes hard or continuous work.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats