altmuligmand

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Danish

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Etymology

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alt muligt (all sorts of things) +‎ mand (man)

Noun

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altmuligmand c (singular definite altmuligmanden, plural indefinite altmuligmænd)

  1. a person who performs many sundry duties for an institution; a handyman

Declension

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Icelandic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Danish altmuligmand.

Noun

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altmuligmand m

  1. a handyman
  2. a person who doesn't have a specific job role but works on whatever comes up
  3. a jack of all trades, a person who is capable of doing a wide range of things
    Synonym: þúsundþjalasmiður

Usage notes

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As an unadapted Danish foreignism, the word is not grammatically declined and is often written in quotation marks.