taskmaster
noun
task·mas·ter
ˈtask-ˌma-stər 
: one that imposes a task or burdens another with labor
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pitiless taskmaster that he was, Ebenezer Scrooge only reluctantly let his ill-paid clerk have Christmas Day off
known as a tough but fair taskmaster
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On June 9, after slipping into Cancer and your fifth house of love, passion and self-expression, the messenger planet will clash with taskmaster Saturn in your second house of finances and sense of self-worth.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
Subconscious fears and biases will pop up, as Jupiter tensely argues with taskmaster Saturn and delusional Neptune from June 15 to June 18.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
Boselli and his teammates, coached by prickly taskmaster Tom Coughlin, saw it differently.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
May comes to a close with taskmaster Saturn entering your sign, for the first time since 1999.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
Subconscious fears and biases will pop up, as Jupiter tensely argues with taskmaster Saturn and delusional Neptune from June 15 to June 18.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
Boselli and his teammates, coached by prickly taskmaster Tom Coughlin, saw it differently.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
May comes to a close with taskmaster Saturn entering your sign, for the first time since 1999.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 May 2025
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“Taskmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taskmaster. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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taskmaster
noun
task·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər
: one that assigns a task or burdens another with labor
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