as in assistant
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a person whose job involves doing many different types of work
He was the office factotum.
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Recent Examples of factotum
Alberto, who counted with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as his vice-president and de facto factotum of power, executed a delicate balancing act while having to negotiate with both his internal rivals and the opposition coalition, Juntos por el Cambio.
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Scorsese reshaped the film’s narrative around DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart, who makes for an unconventional lead — a spineless factotum, alternately loving and loathsome.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
The Enterprise crew are military factotums like those in Graff’s book—their sometimes rigid adherence to protocol means they can barely be trusted to talk to other humans, let alone to extraterrestrials.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
As one of its first moves in the partnership, Microsoft impressed the developer world by releasing Copilot, an AI factotum that automates certain elements of coding.
—WIRED, 13 June 2023
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Scorsese reshaped the film’s narrative around DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart, who makes for an unconventional lead — a spineless factotum, alternately loving and loathsome.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
The Enterprise crew are military factotums like those in Graff’s book—their sometimes rigid adherence to protocol means they can barely be trusted to talk to other humans, let alone to extraterrestrials.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
As one of its first moves in the partnership, Microsoft impressed the developer world by releasing Copilot, an AI factotum that automates certain elements of coding.
—WIRED, 13 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factotum
Noun
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Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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An invitation to visit a friend’s family farm in Kenya in 1956 led to an introduction with the archaeologist Louis Leakey, who hired Goodall as an assistant and secretary.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Drivers should turn north at Southwest 112th Avenue and follow parking attendants into the general parking area.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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While pay ranges depending on exact position, collective bargaining agreements across New York City hotels have secured upward of $40/hour for some positions, including room attendants.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Destination franchise producer and steward Craig Perry and franchise veteran Sheila Hanahan Taylor are back producing, as are Jon Watts and his wife, Dianne McGunigle, along with Toby Emmerich.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Ferrari driver will be heading to the stewards to discuss the incident, which will likely lead to a financial penalty for the Maranello outfit.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Factotum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factotum. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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