factotum

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A person employed to perform all sorts of duties.

   “Biden’s and Bush’s factotums had to walk their statements quickly back, emphasizing that U.S. policy had not changed.”

2. isim A jack of all trades.

   “He lives with his devoted sister and factotum, Cyril (Lesley Manville), and a series of women who tend to be quietly eased out when they demand too much time and attention or — heaven forfend! — dare to speak during Woodcock’s monastic creative routine.”

3. isim A large decorative printing block with a central space into which any letter can be inserted, used to mark the beginning of a chapter of a book in early printing.
4. isim A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
5. isim A general servant.

   “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.”