ombudsman (redirected from Ombudsmen)

om·buds·man  (mbdzmn, -bdz-, -bdz-)

n.

1. A man who investigates complaints and mediates fair settlements, especially between aggrieved parties such as consumers or students and an institution or organization.

2. A government official, especially in Scandinavian countries, who investigates citizens' complaints against the government or its functionaries.

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[Swedish, from Old Norse umbodhsmadhr, deputy, plenipotentiary : umbodh, commission (um, about; see ambhi in Indo-European roots + bodh, command; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots) + madhr, man; see man-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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ombudsman·ship n.

Word History: The word ombudsman has one familiar element, man, but it is difficult to think of what ombuds could mean. Ombudsman is from Swedish, a Germanic language in the same family as English, and man in Swedish corresponds to our word man. Ombud means "commissioner, agent," coming from Old Norse umbodh, "charge, commission, administration by a delegacy," umbodh being made up of um, "regarding," and bodh, "command." In Old Norse an umbodhsmadhr was a "trusty manager, commissary." In Swedish an ombudsman was a deputy who looked after the interests and legal affairs of a group such as a trade union or business. In 1809 the office of riksdagens justitieombudsman was created to act as an agent of justice, that is, to see after the interests of justice in affairs between the government and its citizens. This office of ombudsman and the word ombudsman have been adopted elsewhere, as in individual states in the United States. The term has also been expanded in sense to include people who perform the same function for business corporations or newspapers.

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ombudsman

Noun

pl -men an official who investigates citizens' complaints against the government or its servants [Swedish: commissioner]

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ombudsman

an individual charged with the duty of investigating and redressing the sources of complaints lodged by private citizens against businesses, institutions, and officials.

See also: Occupations

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ombudsman - a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government investigator - someone who investigates

Translations

ombudsman [ˈɔmbudzmən] n → Ombudsmann m

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ombudsman

n ombudsman [ˈombudzmən]

an official appointed to look into complaints especially against a government. ombudsman المُحَقِّق في الشَّكاوى ضِد مُوَظَّفي الدَّوْلَه омбутсман ombudsman ombudsmand der Ombudsmann διοικητικός επίτροπος defensor del pueblo inimõiguste volinik داد آور oikeusasiamies médiateur, protecteur du citoyen נְצִיב תְּלוּנוֹת הַצִיבּוּר सरकार के विरूद्ध शिकायतें सुनने वाला अधिकारी, लोकपाल parlamentarni zaštitnik građana állampolgári jogok országgyűlési biztosa, ombudsman mediator umboðsmaður ombudsman, (difensore civico) 行政監察官 시민의 권리를 지키는 정부의 민원 조사관 ombudsmenas, parlamento kontrolierius ierēdnis, kas izskata iedzīvotāju sūdzības ombudsman ombudsman ombudsmann rzecznik praw obywatelskich provedor da justiça Avocatul poporului омбундсмен ombudsman uradnik, zadolžen za pritožbe ombudsman ombudsman ผู้ตรวจการของรัฐสภา dert dinleyici, şikâyet memuru 專門調查官員舞弊行為的政府官員 чиновник, що розглядає претензії громадян до урядовців محتسب viên thanh tra 专门调查官员舞弊行为的政府官员