ombudsman

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒmbədzmən/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmbədzmən/

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ombudsman (plural ombudsmen)

1. An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
2. A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.

• This term is derived from Swedish, in which language the suffix -man is not always gender-specific. Nevertheless, the words ombudsperson, ombud, and ombudswoman have been coined to remedy the perceived gender-specificity of ombudsman in English.

• ombud
• ombudsperson
• ombudswoman

From English ombudsman, borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

ombudsman

1. an ombudsman

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔmbʊtsˌman/

ombudsman m

1. ombudsman

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔm.bʏts.mɑn/

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ombudsman m (plural ombudsmannen, diminutive ombudsmannetje n)

1. ombudsman

• ombudsvrouw
• ombudspersoon, ombudsmens (jocular)

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.byds.man/, /ɔ̃.byds.mɑ̃/

ombudsman m or f (plural ombudsmans)

1. An appointed official within an organization whose duty is to investigate complaints against that organization by its customers, taxpayers, and sometimes employees, and often to act as a consultant to improve services and processes.

• In Quebec, the office in government services is called protecteur du citoyen. A similar office in France is that of the médiateur, though its precise functions differ.

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmen or ombudsmans or ombudsman)

1. ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmani or ombudsmeni)

1. ombudsman

• reprezentant

• ombudsman in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ombǔdzman/

ombùdsman m (Cyrillic spelling омбу̀дсман)

1. ombudsman

• pučki pravobranitelj

ombudsman m or f (plural ombúdsmanes)

1. ombudsman

ombud +‎ man. The origin of the word is found in Old Norse umboðsmaðr and the word “umbuds man”, meaning representative. The first preserved use in Swedish is from 1552.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔm.bʉːdsˌman/

ombudsman c

1. ombudsman

• barnombudsman
• diskrimineringsombudsman
• jämo
• jämställdhetsombudsman
• justitieombudsman

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /om.buds.mɑn/

ombudsman (definite accusative ombudsmanı, plural ombudsmanlar)

1. ombudsman