factotum
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.
Origin of factotum
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How to use factotum in a sentence
From that day I became Mr. Moncton's factotum, his confidential clerk, and principal agent.
The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I | Susanna MoodieSuch was Mr. Plimmins, Mr. Plaskwith's factotum, foreman in the shop, assistant editor to the Mercury.
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonEre long he had been taken into the company as an actor, and was soon spoken of as a ‘Johannes factotum.’
Is Shakespeare Dead? | Mark TwainPeter judged him the factotum of the little household: he knew where the biscuits were kept and the state of the grocer's account.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesI hired as errand boy and general factotum to a small grocer down near the market.
Corporal Cameron | Ralph Connor
British Dictionary definitions for factotum
/ (fækˈtəʊtəm) /
a person employed to do all kinds of work
Origin of factotum
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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