factotum

[ fak-toh-tuh m ]

/ fækˈtoʊ təm /

a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.

any employee or official having many different responsibilities.

Origin of factotum

1560–70; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin fac make, do (imperative of facere) + tōtum, neuter of tōtus all

Rafferty was a man of genius, who had started as a helper and odd job person, and had risen to the position of factotum.

The Ghost Girl |H. De Vere Stacpoole
He was her factotum, in whom she had greater faith than in any member of her household.

Chatterbox, 1906 |Various
I hired a Greek servant, whom I intended should serve as interpreter and factotum.

Visits To Monasteries in the Levant |Robert Curzon
Famulus, fam′ū-lus, n. a private secretary or factotum: an attendant, esp.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various

Marguerite had not seen her father in the long interval, and George had seen only the factotum of Lucas & Enwright.

The Roll-Call |Arnold Bennett

factotum

/ (fækˈtəʊtəm) /

a person employed to do all kinds of work

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin fac! do! + tōtum, from tōtus (adj) all