factotum
factotum
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◙ (pl. factotums)
1. an employee who does all kinds of work
• 勤杂工
»he was employed as the general factotum.
他的工作是当事务总管。【语源】
1. mid 16th cent. (originally in the phrases dominum (or magister) factotum, translating roughly as 'master of everything', and Johannes factotem 'John do-it-all' or 'Jack of all trades'): from medieval Latin, from Latin fac! 'do!' (imperative of facere) + totum 'the whole thing' (neuter of totus)
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