Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TASKMASTER
taskmaster
(noun) someone who imposes hard or continuous work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
taskmaster (plural taskmasters)
Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
(figuratively) A source of hard work or responsibility.
Source: Wiktionary
Task"mas`ter, n.
Definition: One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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