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factotum

[ fak-toh-tuhm ]

noun

  1. a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
  2. any employee or official having many different responsibilities.


factotum

/ æˈəʊə /

noun

  1. a person employed to do all kinds of work
“Collins 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of factotum1

1560–70; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin fac make, do (imperative of facere ) + ōٳܳ, neuter of ōٳܲ all
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Word History and Origins

Origin of factotum1

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin fac! do! + ōٳܳ , from ōٳܲ (adj) all
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Judge Sessions’ ruling will of course be appealed to a higher court by some factotum of the Trump regime, and then that court’s decision on that appeal will be appealed as well.

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Partway through the dizzying and appalling last two weeks of trade wars, courtroom battles, street abductions and social media posturing, these two Trump factotums wound up in a war of words.

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With a chemistry background, Jean assumed the role of winemaker, with Baker as general factotum.

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“But the fact that he chose The Journal — and that the editorial page was willing to serve as his loyal factotum — says a great deal about the relationship between the two parties.”

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Like Rico said, one of the ways we think of the factotum is being a jack-of-all-trades.

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