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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taskmaster |
| Synonyms: | Simon Legree, disciplinarian, hard master, oppressor, overseer of slaves, tyrant |
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| Main Entry: | oppressor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tyrant |
| Synonyms: | absolute ruler, authoritarian, autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, martinet, persecutor, slave driver, taskmaster |
| Main Entry: | superintendent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who oversees organization |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, caretaker, chief, conductor, controller, curator, custodian, director, foreperson, governor, head, head person, inspector, manager, overseer, sitter, slave driver, straw boss, super*, supervisor, zookeeper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supervisor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages people, project |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, brass hat, caretaker, chief, curator, custodian, director, executive, foreperson, head, inspector, manager, overseer, slave driver, straw boss, super*, superintendent, zookeeper |
| Antonyms: | employee, worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tyrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who dictates, oppresses |
| Synonyms: | Hitler, Stalin, absolute ruler, absolutist, authoritarian, autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, inquisitor, martinet, oppressor, slave driver |
| Antonyms: | democrat |
| Main Entry: | foreman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overseer |
| Synonyms: | Big Brother, boss, boss man, executive, head, head honcho, head man, honcho, manager, overseer, pit boss, pusher, slave driver, straw boss, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster |
| Antonyms: | worker |
| Main Entry: | Simon Legree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cruel slave dealer |
| Synonyms: | brutal taskmaster, oppressor, slave driver |
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| Concept: | Master. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader (director); boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance., lord of the ascendant; cock of the walk, cock of the roost; gray mare; mistress., potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch., crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge., caesar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, inca, cazique; voivode; landamman; seyyid; Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior., prince, duke (nobility); archduke, doge, elector; seignior; marland, margrave; rajah, emir, nizam, nawab., empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine; czarevna, czarita; maharani, rani, rectrix., regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah; burgrave; laird (proprietor); collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon., the authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority; sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte., [Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon., [Civil authorities] mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic; alcalde, alcaid; burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, warden, constable, portreeve; lord mayor; officer (executive); dewan, fonctionnaire., [Naval authorities] admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, skipper, mate, master; navarch.
-phrases
da locum melioribus; der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Siaats; "lord of thy presence and no land beside" [King John].
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| Antonyms: | servant |
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