Antonyms for taskmaster


Grammar : Noun
Spell : task-mas-ter, tahsk-mah-ster
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæskˌmæs tər, ˈtɑskˌmɑ stər


Definition of taskmaster

Origin :
  • 1520s, from task (n.) + master (n.).
  • noun slave driver
Example sentences :
  • There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
  • Extract from : « Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature » by Various
  • The taskmaster does not now interfere with him as he was wont to do when he first arrived.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate City » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • What he needed was a taskmaster like you to call him to terms now and then.
  • Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series » by August Strindberg
  • But as soon as the taskmaster has departed, even a pretence of work ceases.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Curses of London » by James Greenwood
  • But when the sun set she claimed her freedom; and her taskmaster did not dare to say her nay.
  • Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida
  • We may look upon Him as a taskmaster, or we may look upon Him as a righteous Father.
  • Extract from : « Sermons » by J. B. Lightfoot
  • But the galley-slave of the Commune will only see the taskmaster.
  • Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary
  • He fled from a taskmaster, not from one who was in any just sense a guardian.
  • Extract from : « Try Again » by Oliver Optic
  • Boys are easily mastered by a taskmaster who is master of her task.
  • Extract from : « Sunday-School Success » by Amos R. Wells
  • All that the taskmaster cared for was the completion of the daily tale.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 » by Various

Synonyms for taskmaster

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