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ombudsman
[om-buhdz-muhn, -man, -boodz-, awm-, om-boodz-muhn, -man, awm-]
noun
plural
ombudsmena government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints and problems, as between employees and an employer or between students and a university.
ombudsman
/ ˈɒʊə /
noun
a commissioner who acts as independent referee between individual citizens and their government or its administration
Formal names: Commissioner for Local Administration. Health Service Commissioner. Parliamentary Commissioner.(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 See also Financial Ombudsman
ombudsman
An official appointed by a government or other organization to investigate complaints against people in authority. This position is designed to give those with less power — the “little people” — a voice in the operation of large organizations.
Gender Note
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ombudsman1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ombudsman1
Example Sentences
"I do not see the real, effective approach to returning the civilian detainees to Ukraine," said Dmytro Lubinets, the country's human rights ombudsman.
Rachel Tate, vice president of ombudsman services at the nonprofit Wise & Healthy Aging, said she was troubled by the fact that many facilities recorded multiple patient deaths before the state took action.
Currently, any claims on this issue made to the ombudsman, which has 80,000 open cases, or the courts are effectively on hold.
That would be separate to the ombudsman, which has the power to order a landlord to apologise, carry out works or pay financial compensation.
The decision comes after a long-running legal case going back a decade, brought forward by a former financial ombudsman.
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