as in assistant
formal
a person whose job involves doing many different types of work
He was the office factotum.
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Recent Examples of factotum
The system was so rotten that the FBI indicted nine FIFA factotums in 2015—but that was another era.
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Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
Ironically, a hiring surge of factotums has helped push San Diego to the financial brink.
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Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
But the ringer is Michael Cera, as Norwegian tutor Bjørn Lund, employed as an all-purpose factotum by the shady, swaggering, death-defying entrepreneur played by Del Toro.
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Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.
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Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for factotum
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
Ironically, a hiring surge of factotums has helped push San Diego to the financial brink.
—
Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
But the ringer is Michael Cera, as Norwegian tutor Bjørn Lund, employed as an all-purpose factotum by the shady, swaggering, death-defying entrepreneur played by Del Toro.
—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.
—
Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for factotum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factotum
Noun
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During the congressional hearing, Ranyan testified that the agency’s assistant secretary for security met with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department earlier in the year to pursue a contract for 24-hour patrol.
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Heat assistant coach Wayne Ellington will coach the team.
Noun
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Minasian is a former Rangers clubhouse attendant who rose to positions in the front offices of the Atlanta Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays as a protege of Alex Anthopoulos.
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Once, out of those 14 calls, the auto-attendant offered to have an agent call me back when one became available.
Noun
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Hemings was brought to Paris from 1787 to 1789 to work as a servant and maid for Jefferson's household.
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Suddenly, the servant saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around them – representing spiritual forces of divine protection.
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While founder control is cited for long-term vision, the piece suggests alternative models like steward-ownership could foster accountability without sacrificing strategic focus, urging regulators to adapt to this new era of concentrated, potentially ungovernable corporate power.
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He was called to the stewards and slapped with a one-race ban that rules him out of Sunday's Grand Prix.
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“Factotum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factotum. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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