the Ombudsman

om·buds·man (

n, -b

dz-, -b

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.

[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.]

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.

ombudsman [ˈɒmbʊdzmən]

n pl -men

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a commissioner who acts as independent referee between individual citizens and their government or its administration

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) an official, without power of sanction or mechanism of appeal, who investigates complaints of maladministration by members of the public against national or local government or its servants Formal names Commissioner for Local Administration Health Service Commissioner Parliamentary Commissioner See also Financial Ombudsman

[from Swedish: commissioner]

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

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

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

investigator - someone who investigates

Translations

ombudsman [ˈɒmbʊdzmən] N (ombudsmen (pl)) → defensor m del pueblo

OMBUDSMAN

Se conoce con el nombre de ombudsman al funcionario encargado de investigar las quejas de los ciudadanos contra una institución determinada. En el Reino Unido, el ombudsman que se ocupa de los casos de administración fraudulenta en los ministerios del gobierno, el NHS y otros organismos institucionales es el Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. Su jurisdicción se limita al área administrativa del gobierno, pero no afecta a su política o legislación. Otros ombudsmen se nombran para estudiar las quejas que provienen de los clientes de instituciones financieras, como por ejemplo el Banking ombudsman, el Building Societies ombudsman o el Insurance Ombudsman. En Estados Unidos, los ombudsmen llevan a cabo labores similares de investigación de instituciones, tanto en el sector público como en el privado.

ombudsman [ˈɒmbʊdzmən] n → médiateur m de la République, protecteur Québec)m du citoyen >

ombudsman

n pl <-men> → Ombudsmann m

ombudsman [ˈɒmbʊdzmən] n (-men (pl)) → difensore m civico

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) 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

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