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How to pronounce factotum in English?

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Type of retainer, servant

Examples of factotum

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A private secretary and general factotum can earn up to $150,000 a year nowadays.
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His activity was prodigious, and Catherine called him her factotum.
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Raitt asked to sing Largo al factotum, Figaro's song from The Barber of Seville, to warm up.
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As a factotum and deputy of the majority leader, the whip must help keep routine business flowing.
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For example, Johannes factotum, in the way I just linked it here?
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Ida was never Mansfield's lover, but she attached herself as factotum, confidante and nursemaid.
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He is also his personal assistant, confidant and general factotum.
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They also act as team archivist and general factotum.
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The reporters hire Jack as a driver and general factotum.
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More examples
  • A servant employed to do a variety of jobs
  • Factotum is both an arts organisation and artists' project that was formed in 2001 by Stephen Hackett and Richard West. They publish The Vacuum newspaper, put on exhibitions, publish books and make films. ...
  • This is a list of alternate base character classes to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. As base classes rather than prestige classes, they can be taken by newly created characters without need for any prerequisites.
  • Factotum is a film directed by Bent Hamer, adapted from the novel of the same name by Charles Bukowski. The film is principally a French coproduction, although with an American cast. It was released in Norway in 2005 and distributed in the U.S. by IFC Films in 2006. ...
  • Factotum is the second novel by American author Charles Bukowski, published in 1975. The plot follows Henry Chinaski, Bukowski's alter ego, who has been rejected from the World War II draft and instead makes his way from one menial job to the next (hence a factotum). ...
  • Factotum is a password management and authentication protocol negotiation virtual file system for Plan 9 from Bell Labs. When a program wants to authenticate to a service, it requests a key from factotum. ...
  • A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities; A general servant; A jack of all trades
  • A dedicated member of a faction.
  • Employee or assistant who does just about everything.