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
  • Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • How — and to what extent — AI might reshape her profession remains to be seen, but jobs for administrative assistants and secretaries have been dwindling for decades.
    — Claire Savage, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of assistant
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  • Others threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • Thankfully for the attendant, Tito Double P is always camera-ready.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of attendant
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  • The film also features Odysseus’ servant Eumaeus (John Leguizamo) and Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, the Greek king of Sparta.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • Lawyers are, in his formulation, both loyal servants of their clients and public citizens with special responsibility for the quality of justice.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of servant
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  • Steven Boyd, a union steward for SEIU Local 1000, said that agencies are relying on exemptions, delays, rotations and workarounds to make the mandate appear functional.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of steward

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“Factotum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factotum. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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