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One whose office is to allot tasks and see to their performance; an overseer; a middleman; spec. in plastering (see quot. 1892); also figurative…
One who imposes or sets a task; a taskmaster.
One who exacts: (in Latin senses) One whose duty it is to enforce the performance of work; a taskmaster.
an officer who sets a task, a taskmaster.