OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 6891

factotum

/fækˈtəʊ.təm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
todero
A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
hombre orquesta • muchacho de los mandados
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 t…
Susan Bonner’s mistress hearing of Strong’s arrival sent for him at this juncture, and the Chevalier went up to her ladyship not without hopes that he should find her more tractabl…
hombre orquesta • muchacho de los mandados
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 — hea…
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