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factotum

fac·to·tum

UK/fækˈtəʊ.təm/ US/fækˈtoʊ.təm/ uncommon dated

noun

1.

a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

Origin

Ellipsis of domine fac totum, dominus fac totum /dominus factotum (“absolute ruler; head servant”), from Medieval Latin domine fac tōtum (“O Lord, do everything”), also with substition of nominative dominus for vocative domine.

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