FACTOTUM


Meaning of FACTOTUM in English

[ fak'təʊtəm ]

■ noun ( plural ~s ) an employee who does all kinds of work.

Origin

C16 (orig. in the phrs dominum (or magister) ~ 'master of everything' and Johannes ~ 'Jack of all trades'): from med. L., from L. fac! 'do!' (imperative of facere ) + totum 'the whole thing' (neut. of totus ).

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