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factotum

(Latin ‘do everything’) someone employed to do all types of work.


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Scandals resulting at least in part from supine, crony-infested boards have motivated businesses to steer away from the usual yes-men, factotums and ambulatory cadavers that have been a fixture of many boards in the past.
Blocks away, 34 heads of state-along with their families, their factotums, their foreign ministers, and several thousand journalists--representing every nation in the Americas save Cuba were gathered in the historic heart of Quebec City for the third Summit of the Americas.
Even within his inner circle - the ``family'' of lovers, friends and factotums who gave him a sense of belonging that religion could not - Coward's megalomania, selfishness and childish tantrums often were exasperating.
 
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