/
fakˈtəʊtəm/
n.
(pl. factotums)
an employee who does all kinds of work.
Etymology
C16 (orig. in the phrs dominum (or magister) factotum ‘master of everything’ and Johannes factotum ‘Jack of all trades’): from med. L., from L. fac! ‘do!’ (imper. of facere) + totum ‘the whole thing’ (neut. of totus).
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