manusje-van-alles — meaning in English

English meaning

• factotum noun A person employed to perform all sorts of duties.
• handyman noun A person who does small repairs and odd jobs, especially around the house.

Senses

manusje-van-alles is used for these senses in English:

• factotum (dated) A general servant.
• factotum A jack of all trades.
• gofer (informal) A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
• handyman (informal) A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like.
• jack of all trades (idiomatic) One competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them. [from early 17th c.]

factotum — full definition

1. noun A person employed to perform all sorts of duties.
2. noun A jack of all trades.
3. noun 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.
4. noun A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.

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