n.
An employee or assistant who serves in a wide range of
capacities.
[Medieval Latin fact
tum : Latin fac,
imperative of facere, to do; see dh
- in Indo-European roots + Latin
t
tum,
everything, from neuter of t
tus, all; see teut
- in
Indo-European roots.]
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In Isabella's apprenticeship with a film company, she was a factotum.
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