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 Definitions of ombudsman  [ən, -ˌmɛn]  

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Definition of 'ombudsman' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ombudsman
a public official, esp. in Scandinavian countries, who investigates complaints by private citizens against government agencies or officials.

2.  ombudsman
a person who investigates and resolves complaints, as from employees or students.

Etymology:  (1910–15; < Sw: legal representative)

Definition of 'ombudsman' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ombudsman
a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government


Translation of 'ombudsman' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an official appointed to look into complaints especially against a government.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ombudsman Arabic flag Arabic: المُحَقِّق في الشَّكاوى ض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: омбутсман
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ombudsman Czech flag Czech: ombudsman German flag German: der Ombudsmann
Danish flag Danish: ombudsmand Greek flag Greek: διοικητικός επίτροπος Spanish flag Spanish: defensor del pueblo
Estonian flag Estonian: inimõiguste volinik Farsi flag Farsi: داد آور Finnish flag Finnish: oikeusasiamies
French flag French: médiateur, protecteur du Hebrew flag Hebrew: נְצִיב תְּלוּנוֹת הַצִיבּ Hindi flag Hindi: सरकार के विरूद्ध शिकायतें
Croatian flag Croatian: parlamentarni zaštitnik g Hungarian flag Hungarian: állampolgári jogok ország Indonesian flag Indonesian: mediator
Icelandic flag Icelandic: umboðsmaður Italian flag Italian: ombudsman, (difensore civ Japanese flag Japanese: 行政監察官
Korean flag Korean: (시민의 권리를 지키는) 민원 조사관 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ombudsmenas, parlamento k Latvian flag Latvian: ierēdnis, kas izskata ied
Malay flag Malay: ombudsman Dutch flag Dutch: ombudsman Norwegian flag Norwegian: ombudsmann
Polish flag Polish: rzecznik praw obywatelski Persian flag Persian: اداره برسى شكايات عليه حك Pashto flag Pashto: د حكومت پر ضد د شكايتونو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: provedor da justiça Romanian flag Romanian: Avocatul poporului Russian flag Russian: омбундсмен
Slovak flag Slovak: ombudsman Slovenian flag Slovenian: uradnik, zadolžen za prit Serbian flag Serbian: ombudsman
Swedish flag Swedish: ombudsman Thai flag Thai: ผู้ตรวจการรับเรื่องร้องทุ Turkish flag Turkish: dert dinleyici,şikâyet me
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 專門調查官員舞弊行為的政府官員 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: чиновник, що розглядає пр Urdu flag Urdu: محتسب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: viên thanh tra Chinese flag Chinese: 专门调查官员舞弊行为的政府官员

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