How to pronounce ombudsman
American English pronunciation
OM-budz-mun
- IPA
- /ˈɑmbədzmən/
- Syllables
- OM · budz · mun (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What ombudsman means
An official who looks into complaints against a company or government
In a sentence: When the bus company ignored her letters, Mom wrote to the city's ombudsman.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Swedish, where an ombud is a person chosen to act for others. It goes back to an Old Norse word.
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