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单词 factotum
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factotum

(fæktoʊtəm)
Word forms: plural factotums
countable noun
A factotum is a servant who is employed to do a wide variety of jobs for someone.
[formal]
Synonyms: Man Friday or Girl Friday, handyman, jack of all trades, odd job man More Synonyms of factotum

factotum in British English

(fækˈtəʊtəm)
noun
a person employed to do all kinds of work
Word origin
C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin fac! do! + tōtum, from tōtus (adj) all

factotum in American English

(fækˈtoʊtəm)
noun
a person hired to do all sorts of work; handyman
Word origin
ModL < L fac, imper. of facere, do1 + totum, neut. of totus, all, the whole

Examples of 'factotum' in a sentence
factotum

He seems nothing more than a general factotum but in fact he's the power behind the throne at Bangazi.
Jenkins, Geoffrey A DAYSTAR OF FEAR (2004)
If I stayed at Park Lane it would be to wither away in a backwater as Geoffrey's factotum.
Malcolm, John THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE (2004)
By day three it was the department's triumph and I was a factotum.
Jack Kerley THE HUNDREDTH MAN (2004)
(noun) 
Definition
a person employed to do all kinds of work
I was a sort of office boy and a general factotum.
Synonyms
Man Friday or Girl Friday
handyman
jack of all trades
odd job man
maid of all work
odd-jobber
man of all work

Nearby words of
factotum

  • factitious
  • factor
  • factory
  • factotum
  • factual
  • faculty
  • fad

Synonyms of 'factotum'

factotum

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