factotum

noun

Definition of factotumnext
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. — 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
  1. assistant
  2. attendant
  3. servant
  4. steward
Noun
  • Cignetti, who worked as a Saban assistant from 2007 to 2010, clapped back.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Ball, who collaborated with two camera operators and two assistants on Tucci in Italy, then designed shots as unobtrusive as possible so the contributors could feel comfortable.
    — Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • The footage appeared to show a male and female arguing with the attendant.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The feature bowed at the Halloween box office in October 2020 and was based on his own 2017 short about a parking lot attendant haunted by a monster who emerges from touchscreen gagets.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of attendant
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  • When Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The 38-year-old heir to a developer dynasty has brought the same raw attitude to his time as a government servant.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of servant
Noun
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the steward of those bond buybacks, skipped this year’s conference ahead of G-20 talks in North Carolina.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The steward of this American treasure since the patriarch died in 2013, Jeanie Buss dug in her Christian Louboutin heels in a fight to keep her family in the hierarchy of the purple and gold.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of steward

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“Factotum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factotum. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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