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 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.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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
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
Alongside Ramos’ Noah, Dominique Fishback plays the other significant human character introduced here, an unappreciated but brilliant museum factotum Elena.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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
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
Alongside Ramos’ Noah, Dominique Fishback plays the other significant human character introduced here, an unappreciated but brilliant museum factotum Elena.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factotum
Noun
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Paul Dean, a former acting assistant secretary of State who oversaw arms control and led the U.S. delegation to the New START implementation body, emphasized that the treaty’s enforcement measures also keep the world a safer place.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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How’s Nick Rolovich fitting in as Cal’s senior offensive assistant?—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The attendant gave us vouchers for complimentary drinks at the lobby bar.—
John Vorwald,
Robb Report,
4 Aug. 2025
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One of those workers, Trump said, was Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein accuser who said she was recruited by his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, when Giuffre was an underage teenager working as a locker-room attendant at Mar-a-Lago in 2000.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Stories of haughty people scheming and plucky servants improving alarm clocks attract smaller audiences than, say, trench warfare.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Well, Agnes is aware that Mrs. Winterton used to be a servant.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The Paradis Suite where the paintings hang was the recent hotel stay of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, stewards of the private Dean Collection.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
11 Aug. 2025
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This example of the model has had only two stewards since leaving the factory in Molsheim, France.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Factotum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factotum. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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