taskmaster
/ˈtɑːskmɑːstə
/noun (feminine taskmistress /ˈtɑːskmɪstrɪs/)
A person who imposes a harsh or onerous workload on someone: he was a hard taskmaster...
- He went to train in Paris, Belgium and Scotland under harsh taskmasters.
- Martin, the course director, is something of a harsh taskmaster when he wants to be.
- I appreciated the counselling of compassion and acceptance, since my tendency is to be a harsh taskmistress.
- surf
- surfable
- surface
- surface-active
- surface activity
- surface area
- surface blow
- surface blow-off
- surface boundary layer
- surface brightness
- surface casing
- surface caterpillar
- surface chemistry
- surface chuck
- surface coated
- surface color
- surface colour
- surface condensation
- surface condenser
- surface contact
- surface-couched
- surface couching
- surface crossing
- surfaced
- surface damage