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ombudsman (oh)



/-mEn/ [C]
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: Swedish; Origin: 'representative', from Old Norse umbothsmathr, from umboth 'commission' + mathr 'man']
someone who deals with complaints made by ordinary people against the government, banks, insurance companies etc