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factotum

fac·to·tum [ fak tṓtəm ] (plural fac·to·tums)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody who does many jobs: somebody employed to do a variety of jobs for somebody else

[Mid-16th century. < Latin, "do everything!" < fac, imperative of facere "do, make" + totum "all"]
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