taskmaster — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.

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   And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows

2. A source of hard work or responsibility.

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   Everyone knows the enthusiasm is inauthentic and only for show, but artifice and inauthenticity are perfectly adequate for the politicization taskmasters. […] It all looked so easy when the competent were at the helm, but reality is a cruel taskmaster, and all the excuses that worked as an underling wear thin once the incompetent are in leadership roles.

Noun

1. someone who imposes hard or continuous work

   Broader terms

   supervisor