factotum

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /fækˈtəʊ.təm/
• (America) IPA: /fækˈtoʊ.təm/

Noun

factotum (plural factotums)

1. (dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
2. (dated) A general servant.

   Synonyms: do-all

   • 1847, Herman Melville, Omoo, Chapter 73,

     I had almost forgotten Monee, the grinning old man who prepared our meal. […] He was Po-Po’s factotum—cook, butler, and climber of the bread-fruit and cocoa-nut trees; and, added to all else, a mighty favourite with his mistress; with whom he would sit smoking and gossiping by the hour.

3. An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.
4. A jack of all trades.

   Synonyms: handyman, jack of all trades, sciolist

5. A printer's ornament forming a decorative border into which any letter can be inserted to mark the beginning of a section of text.

Translations

• French: factotum
• Italian: factotum
• Portuguese: factótum, faz tudo, factoto
• Spanish: todero

Translations

• Italian: factotum
• Spanish: muchacho de los mandados, hombre orquesta

Translations

• Portuguese: faz-tudo
• Spanish: muchacho de los mandados, hombre orquesta

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