Dictator
Dictator noun - A person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way.
Usage example: the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance
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Taskmaster and dictator are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taskmaster" instead a noun "Dictator".
Taskmaster
Taskmaster noun - A boss who assigns much work.
Usage example: pitiless taskmaster that he was, Ebenezer Scrooge only reluctantly let his ill-paid clerk have Christmas Day off
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Synonyms for Taskmaster
Dictator and taskmaster are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dictator" instead a noun "Taskmaster".
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