factotum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

WordNet


Fac*to"tum noun
Etymology
L., do everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factotum. See Fact, and Total.
Wordforms
plural Factotums
Definitions
  1. A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913