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What is a factotum?

What is a factotum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (dated) A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
  2. (dated) A general servant.
  3. A jack of all trades.
  4. An individual employed to do all sorts of duties.
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Anton Schindler, a competent musician and sometime student of the law, becomes Beethoven's secretary and factotum.
When his grandson was born in 1604, his family of three had four servants, apart from his factotum and sole studio assistant, Francisco de Preboste.
Alain Locke's role as a general factotum of the Harlem Renaissance has tended to overshadow the full dimensions of an active and productive life.
My little heroine, Jerry Carroway, is engaged as their factotum, and every auspice is favorable.
So I copied them neatly, and gave them to Billy, the dwarf, the prince's factotum.
Mme D. likes to pull strings, and uses her pallid lady's companion, the spinster Capulat, as her factotum.

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