factotums

noun

plural of factotum
as in assistants
formal a person whose job involves doing many different types of work He was the office factotum.

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Recent Examples of factotums Ironically, a hiring surge of factotums has helped push San Diego to the financial brink. — Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factotums
  1. assistants
  2. attendants
  3. servants
Noun
  • Noncertified employees – staff like bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teaching assistants – will get a 3% raise.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
  • The appeals court ruled that Le Pen oversaw years of misuse by her National Rally party of European Parliament funds by paying staff with money intended for European Union parliamentary assistants.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Others threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • Sea of mourners gather for Khamenei Mourners reached out to touch the truck, and some threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin, a common practice in Iran seen as a blessing.
    — Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of attendants
Noun
  • 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
  • The couple luxuriated in a 25-room mansion in Hartford, Connecticut, staffed by six servants.
    — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of servants

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