Factotums

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  factotum \fac*to"tum\ (f[a^]k*t[=o]"t[u^]m), n.; pl. {factotums}
     (-t[u^]mz). [L., do everything; facere to do + totus all :
     cf. F. factotum. See {Fact}, and {Total}.]
     A person employed to do all kinds of work or business; a
     person with many different responsibilities. --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]