English Dictionary

factotum

/fækˈtəʊ.təm/

noun

(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. / (dated) A general servant. / An individual employed to do all sorts of duties. / A jack of all trades.

He is a factotum in the company, handling various tasks.

意味（1）

(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.

意味（2）

(dated) A general servant.

I had almost forgotten Monee, the grinning old man who prepared our meal. […] He was Po-Po’s factotum—cook, butler, and climber of the bread-fruit and cocoa-nut trees; and, added to all else, a mighty favourite with his mistress; with whom he would sit smoking and gossiping by the hour.

意味（3）

An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.

Biden’s and Bush’s factotums had to walk their statements quickly back, emphasizing that U.S. policy had not changed.

意味（4）

A jack of all trades.

He lives with his devoted sister and factotum, Cyril (Lesley Manville), and a series of women who tend to be quietly eased out when they demand too much time and attention or — heaven forfend! — dare to speak during Woodcock’s monastic creative routine.

意味（5）

(printing, historical) A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing.