English Dictionary

factotum

IPA（発音記号）

/fækˈtəʊ.təm/

名詞

古風 歴史的

(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. / (dated) A general servant. / An individual employed to do all sorts of duties. / A jack of all trades.

日本語の意味

多岐にわたる活動や責任を担う人 / 雑用をこなす使用人 / あらゆる任務を遂行するために雇われた人 / 何でもこなす多才な人

As the office factotum, Maria handled everything from arranging meetings to fixing the coffee machine.

そのオフィスの何でも屋として、マリアは会議の手配からコーヒーメーカーの修理まで何でもこなした。

意味（1）

(dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.

意味（2）

(dated) 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.

意味（3）

An individual employed to do 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.

意味（4）

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.

意味（5）

(printing, historical) 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.

factotums （ plural ）