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factotum
[ fak-toh-tuhm ]
noun
- a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- any employee or official having many different responsibilities.
factotum
/ fækˈtəʊtəm /
noun
- a person employed to do all kinds of work
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Word History and Origins
Origin of factotum1
1560–70; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin fac make, do (imperative of facere ) + tōtum, neuter of tōtus all
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Word History and Origins
Origin of factotum1
C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin fac! do! + tōtum , from tōtus (adj) all
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Example Sentences
From that day I became Mr. Moncton's factotum, his confidential clerk, and principal agent.
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Such was Mr. Plimmins, Mr. Plaskwith's factotum, foreman in the shop, assistant editor to the Mercury.
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Ere long he had been taken into the company as an actor, and was soon spoken of as a ‘Johannes Factotum.’
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Peter judged him the factotum of the little household: he knew where the biscuits were kept and the state of the grocer's account.
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I hired as errand boy and general factotum to a small grocer down near the market.
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