factotum
IPA: fˈæktoʊtʌm
noun
- (dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
- (dated) A general servant.
- An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.
- A jack of all trades.
- (printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing.
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Examples of "factotum" in Sentences
- Factotums usually can have weekends off.
- He did not complain anything to the factotum.
- The owner of the store fired a poor factotum.
- An aide is a secretary or factotum in the army.
- After seeing Factotum, the employer felt anger.
- The senior professor was a factotum at that time.
- The company employed factotums for cleaning the building.
- Factotum works 15 hours a day and earns a small amount of money.
- One woman worked as a factotum for 7 years to afford her daughter.
- His activity was prodigious, and Catharine called him her factotum.