[ noun ] someone who imposes hard or continuous work <noun.person>
Taskmaster \Task"mas`ter\, n. One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. --Ex. i. 11.
All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. --Milton.
Similarly, Mr. Gates was a stern taskmaster in insisting on more factual evidence to support a critique of the Afghan resistance forces.
Mr. Goldfeder, a one-time coat buyer for Federated's prized Bloomingdale's, is known as a tough taskmaster.
Stein, a tough-talking taskmaster who started in the mailroom at MCA 30 years ago, and his boss, Sheinberg, have had a running feud with Disney Chairman Michael Eisner for years.
A dedicated communist and a ruthless taskmaster given to humiliating his managers, Mr. Biermann increased the company's work force to 69,000 from 40,000 during his 14-year tenure to fill government production requirements.
NASA is a damned tough taskmaster," he added.
Abraham gives a bizarre, idiosyncratic performance _ with an odd Mafioso accent _ as the severe taskmaster.