taskmaster

English - Turkish

Definition of taskmaster in English Turkish dictionary

angaryacı

iş veren

başkasına iş yükleyen kimse

{i} işveren

{i} amir, başkan

{i} şef

amir

Related Terms

woman taskmaster

kadın şef

English - English

Definition of taskmaster in English English dictionary

Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work

A source of hard work or responsibility

{n} one who imposes tasks on others

{i} one who assigns tasks to others (especially severe tasks)

One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer

If you refer to someone as a hard taskmaster, you mean that they expect the people they supervise to work very hard. be a hard/stern/tough taskmaster to force people to work very hard

someone who imposes hard or continuous work

Hyphenation

task·mas·ter

Turkish pronunciation

täskmästır

Synonyms

boss, director, disciplinarian, dominator, employer, foreperson, head honcho, manager, overseer, owner, person in charge, supervisor, taskperson, tyrant

Pronunciation

/ˈtaskˌmastər/ /ˈtæskˌmæstɜr/

Etymology

[ 'task-"mas-t&r ] (noun.) 1530. From task + master.