ombudsman

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman (equivalent to ombud (“representative, proxy”) + man), from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒmbədzmən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmbədzmən/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ʔomˈbʊds.mɐn/, /ˈʔom-/

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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.
   • 2014 April 30, Lars Bevanger, “Circumcision row”, in DW‎^[1]:

     "All the Nordic ombudsmen have the same view: that circumcision of boys should not be done until the boy is old enough to decide himself if is something he wants to do,” Anne Lindboe, Norway's Ombudsman for Children, told DW.

   • 2019 August 13, “A Pueblo center for troubled kids had 243 abuse allegations in the year before it closed”, in The Colorado Sun‎^[2]:

     The ombudsman found that youth living at El Pueblo remained under the care and supervision of staff who had been accused of abusing them. In one case, a youth was reportedly dragged across the carpet by two staff members, resulting in rugburns on his face.

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.

• Derived from Swedish, where the suffix -man is not always gender specific. Nevertheless, the words ombud, ombuds, ombudsperson, and ombudswoman have been coined to remedy the perceived gender-specificity of ombudsman in English.

• ombud
• ombuds
• ombudsperson
• ombudswoman

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

ombudsman

1. an ombudsman

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈombut͡sman]

ombudsman m anim

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)

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

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

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ombudsman m or f by sense (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.

Borrowed from English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman (equivalent to ombud (“representative, proxy”) + man), from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ɔmˈbʊts.man/
• Rhymes: -man
• Hyphenation: om‧buds‧man

ombudsman

1. ombudsman
   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

• “ombudsman” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman.

• IPA^(key): /ɔmˈbut.sman/

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• Rhymes: -utsman
• Syllabification: om‧bud‧sman

ombudsman m pers

1. ombudsman

• ombudsman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ombudsman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• Hyphenation: om‧buds‧man

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmen or ombudsmans or ombudsman)

1. ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)

Borrowed 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) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ombǔdzman/

ombùdsman m anim (Cyrillic spelling омбу̀дсман)

1. ombudsman

   Synonym: pučki pravobranitelj

ombudsman m or f by sense (plural ombúdsmanes)

1. ombudsman

From Old Swedish umbuds man or ombud (“representative, proxy”) +‎ 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/

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ombudsman c

1. ombudsman

• barnombudsman
• diskrimineringsombudsman
• jämo
• jämställdhetsombudsman
• justitieombudsman

• ombudsman in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ombudsman in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ombudsman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

• IPA^(key): /om.buds.mɑn/

ombudsman (definite accusative ombudsmanı, plural ombudsmanlar)

1. ombudsman