n.; pl.factotums [ 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 ]
[ようにん, younin](n) (1) (See 御用人) manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period); (2) useful person[Add to Longdo]