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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Swedish
Origin: 'representative', from Old Norse umbothsmathr, from umboth 'commission' + mathr 'man'

ombudsman

 noun
     
om‧buds‧man plural ombudsmen [countable]
someone who deals with complaints made by ordinary people against the government, banks, insurance companies etc
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