factota

Before commencing our walks in Alexandria, we provided ourselves with two servants, who acted as our dragomen, cooks, and factota.

1842, E. Joy Morris, Notes of a Tour Through Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Arabia Petræa, to the Holy Land: Including a Visit to Athens, Sparta, Delphi, Cairo, Thebes, Mt. Sinai, Petra, &c., volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey and Hart, page 24

On my return to the village of Heiligenblut, which is the starting-point of all excursions into that region of snow, I made inquiries of the factota of the village; of the hostess of the inn, who is the chief personage in all Tyrolean villages; the priest; and the telegraph operatress.

1889 September 28, S. H. Chapman, “Notes on the Prevalence of Diphtheria at High Altitudes”, in Hobart Amory Hare, editor, The Medical News. A Weekly Medical Journal., volume LV, number 13, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea Brothers & Co., page 345

Mozart and his librettists have created the dissidents of the day, the factota of the public-at-large. And, mischievous though they may be as domestics, they have served the opera world exceedingly well for over 170 years.

1953, Opera News, page 27

He draws much of his remuneration from the company in the form of goods and services paid for by the firm—his house and automobile, his machiai (geisha house) and club bills, and six personal servants, including two tobi (a colorful roughneck) who are bodyguards and factota; […]

1979, John C. Pelzel, “Factory Life in Japan and China Today”, in Albert M[orton] Craig, editor, Japan: A Comparative View, Princeton University Press, page 406

These blacks are dressed according to white code, seen acting in white-imposed roles (butlers, drivers, plantation laborers). They register as factota representing the will of the silent and invisible white master.

1995, The Faulkner Journal, page 39