_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ fac·to·tum fakˈtÅdÉ™m/ noun noun: factotum; plural noun: factotums an employee who does all kinds of work. "he was employed as the general factotum" synonyms: handyman, jack of all trades; More assistant, man Friday, gal/girl Friday; gofer; informalMr./Ms. Fix-It "back then, these wealthy college boys made sure their personal factotums were just a whistle away" Origin mid 16th century (originally in the phrases dominum (or magister ) factotum, translating roughly as ‘master of everything,Â’ and Johannes factotem ‘John do-it-allÂ’ or ‘Jack of all tradesÂ’): from medieval Latin, from Latin fac! ‘do!Â’ (imperative of facere ) + totum ‘the whole...