And the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters, went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharaoh: I allow you no straw; go, and gather it where you can find it; neither shall any thing of your work be diminished.
Source: tatoeba (7982269)
Taskmasters
Synonyms for "taskmasters" (17 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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Noun(5 words)
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12 entriesdaily progress reportingdictate scheduledrill sergeantforemanmicromanageoverassignoverworkproject supervisorset quotasstrict oversightteam leadtight scheduling
Collocations
12 entriesassign tasksdemanding taskmasterhard taskmasterheavy workloadimpose tasksoverbearing taskmasterrigid schedulestern taskmasterstrict taskmastertaskmaster the internstaskmaster the teamtyrannical taskmaster
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And they that were over the works of the children of Israel, were scourged by Pharaoh's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks, both yesterday and today, as before?
Source: tatoeba (7982375)
The taskmasters had established the right to flog their slaves; they had dammed up the slowly rising waters of rebellion, but these rose to their level at last, and overflowed, and slavery is no more.
Source: tatoeba (12176212)