Factotum (software)
WordNet
noun
(1) A servant employed to do a variety of jobs
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, “do everything”, from , present singular imperative of , + ; attested in English from 1566.
Noun
- A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
- A general servant.
- 1847, Herman Melville, Omoo, Chapter 73,
- 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 to all else, a mighty favourite with his mistress; with whom he would sit smoking and gossiping by the hour.
- 1847, Herman Melville, Omoo, Chapter 73,
- Jack of all trades.