TASKMASTER


Meaning of TASKMASTER in English

— taskmastership , n.

/task"mas'teuhr, tahsk"mah'steuhr/ , n.

1. a person whose function it is to assign tasks, esp. burdensome ones, to others.

2. a person who supervises rigorously the work of others.

[ 1520-30; TASK + MASTER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .