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.
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Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
Ironically, a hiring surge of factotums has helped push San Diego to the financial brink.
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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.
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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.
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Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for factotum
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
Noun
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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.
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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.
Noun
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The restaurant chain gets top marks for such fields as short-order cook and cafeteria attendant.
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Lots typically open three to four hours before the event, and attendants direct drivers to the next available spot.
Noun
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Hemings was brought to Paris from 1787 to 1789 to work as a servant and maid for Jefferson's household.
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Suddenly, the servant saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around them – representing spiritual forces of divine protection.
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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.
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Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
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“Factotum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factotum. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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