Ombudsman

Word OMBUDSMAN
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɔmˈbʊdzmən/

Definitions and meanings of "Ombudsman"

What do we mean by ombudsman?

A man who investigates complaints and mediates fair settlements, especially between aggrieved parties such as consumers or students and an institution or organization. noun

A government official, especially in Scandinavian countries, who investigates citizens' complaints against the government or its functionaries. noun

An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments. noun

A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness. noun

A government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government noun

An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.

A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.

A school official who distributes small bags of marijuana to the students in a "drug-free school zone" --- i.e., if you attend classes, you're given weed at no charge (see tobacco-free campus for further details). Urban Dictionary

Noun, slang. Used as a derogatory term toward Canadian bass players/backup vocalists with a goatee and/or a mohawk who happen to go by the name Mike Ayley. Although its origin is unknown, the word was likely first used on October 16, 2011 in a series of humorous tweets by Marianas Trench guitarist Matt Webb, who probably should have been working on recording the new album at the time. Urban Dictionary

The annoying hi-fivin d-bag whose job it is to sit in the back of the crew boat yelling "Stroke, Stroke, Stroke" to the other dudes in the boat who really dont care that much about winning the race as they do having the "crew" designation on their resume for when they apply as a junior an analyst to Goldman Sachs, finally making their parents happy and thinking they've reached the end of the endless hampster wheel called life in elite America, yet only to realized that having that annoying ombudsman yelling "Stroke" at you was the highlight of your life becsuse now youre working 80 hrs a week for another former ombudsman who makes the first ombudsman seem like a really decent chap. Either one of these ombudsman are subject to unsolicited, random ejaculations of pointless and tedious yarns about their days of being the ombudsman on the Cornell crew team. Urban Dictionary

The annoying hi-fivin D-bag who sits in the back of the rowing boat yelling, "Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!" at the other dudes in the boat who really don't care that much about winning but only care about having the resume designation of "rowed crew at Cornell" in order to up the odds of getting the coveted junior analyst at Goldman Sachs and thereby finally making their parents proud and colleagues suitably impressed only to find that when they finally arrive at GS on their first day, the ombudsman in their college crew boat is now their work ombudsman, and all that pointless striving they did from pre-school thru college marked the high point of their lives because now instead of the hamster wheel slowing down, its kicking into overdrive with 80+ hour work weeks with a new breed of super-ombudsman resistant to anti-jerk training, and frequently subject to inexplicable, random, unsolicited ejaculations of pointless and tedious anecdotes of life at Cornell. Urban Dictionary

A man standing on a street corner selling bags of weed. Urban Dictionary

Verb. A function that selected Montgomery County Public Schools staff "do". Sometimes confused with the noun "Ombudsman", but MCPS no longer has an Ombudsman because the Board of Education eliminated that position in November 2008 to reduce accountability. Urban Dictionary

A school where short bus riders go Urban Dictionary

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The word "ombudsman" in example sentences

And The One Show should be required viewing, especially if you like woodland creatures and the word "ombudsman". ❋ Stuart Heritage (2011)

The word 'ombudsman' is the same in English, Dutch and Swedish ❋ Unknown (2005)

An open government ombudsman is an inadequate substitute for the common sense reforms that the City of Seattle in general and Richard Conlin's Open Government Committee in particular have been putting off for about 17 months. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now Janusz Kochanowski, a senior Polish ombudsman, is calling for criminal charges to be laid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An ombudsman is someone who writes as a kind of independent watch dog on what the newspaper is doing, then gives their opinion of whether the paper was right or wrong. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Ontario's new ombudsman is investigating complaints from parents who say they must give up custody of their severely disabled children to get them the care they need. ❋ Unknown (2005)

By definition, an ombudsman is an unbiased individual who helps to manage differences and resolve disputes. ❋ Unknown (1997)

The function of the ombudsman is not the marketing of financial services but rather to ensure that those served by the financial institution are treated fairly and properly. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Two days after she called the ombudsman's office, she got the pills. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Half of the total number of disputes referred to the ombudsman involved four of Britain's largest financial services groups: Lloyds (with 44,601 new complaints in the last financial year); Barclays (17,471 new complaints); the Royal Bank of Scotland (15,113), and HSBC (12,269). ❋ Unknown (2011)

Of course, the ombudsman is a Post employee, so he has to tack on a bogus hopeful ending sort of like the Book of Job. ❋ Peter Rozovsky (2010)

He added that the ombudsman is the subject of an impeachment hearing before the Philippines 'House of Representatives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

John Harris: What irked me about Froomkin's reply to the ombudsman was his pompous suggestion that he is a lonely truth-teller at the Washington Post and the way he held himself up as a high priest and arbiter of good journalism: ❋ Unknown (2008)

The command also needs to take the time to call the ombudsman and see if they need help reaching out to families and what they can do to make it easier on them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What irked me about Froomkin’s reply to the ombudsman was his pompous suggestion that he is a lonely truth-teller at the Washington Post and the way he held himself up as a high priest and arbiter of good journalism. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The ombudsman has been a crucial source of assistance to nursing home residents and to the surveyors and to us in finding out what's really going on in nursing homes. ❋ ITY National Archives (1998)

Twenty years ago the meaning of the word ombudsman was virtually unknown to anyone outside of Scandinavia, but today it is almost a household word, as familiar to the public-spirited citizen as "Tribune of the People" must have been in the Roman Republic two thousand years ago. ❋ Unknown (1974)

And the ombudsman, which is called in once a complaint cannot be resolved by individual NHS trusts, said the fact there was an ageing population made it even more essential that the concerns were dealt with. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Speaking to the ombudsman is a right that every New Brunswick citizen has and co-producer Tim Hogan and I absolutely respect that right," he said. ❋ Kevin Bissett (2011)

The ombudsman is a voluntary scheme established to resolve disputes between short-term insurers and consumers fairly, efficiently and impartially. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Disgusted college-enrollee: I was really pleased when i saw this school's [brochure] that boasted about its entire grounds being a "drug--free [school zone]" and about there always being an "ombudsman" on duty, but then when I got here, I was chagrined to discover that there were in fact no "[gratis] buds" after all --- it merely meant that zero drugs of any kind were permitted for students, and that the management would swiftly investigate complaints of faculty's misconduct. What a disappointment! ❋ QuacksO (2020)

Matt: “Mike is what I like to call an [ombudsman].” Matt: “Oh look, it’s a fucking ombudsman!” Matt: “I think I lost 2 followers for excessively [tweeting] about ombudsmans last night. [Oh well], they were probably ombudsmans." ❋ Trench Tersh (2011)

Bartholomew Windsor Winchester [Winthrop] was elated to report to his first day at [Goldman Sachs] only to find to his horror that his new GS [ombudsman] was the same ombudsman on the Varsity Cornell crew team when he was on the JV Cornellcrew team. ❋ Strategeries (2023)

When proud [Cornell] grad Bartholomew [Windsor] Winthrop-Winchester realized that his crew [ombudsman] at Cornell was now his work ombudsman, he immediately threw himself out the 93rd floor window, lest he have to relive another years-long period of ombudsman abuse. ❋ Strategeries (2023)

I seen [Ras] [Babbo] on the street corner, and I asked him what he does, and he answered Ombudsman, [nickel] or dime? ❋ Count Chuckula (2021)

"Please [ombudsman] [that issue]." "I can't take that [phone call] right now become I am in the middle ofombudsmaning this letter." "Let me ombudsman that for you." ❋ Jerry Weast (2008)

Jeremy: I went to Ombudsman school because i wasn't going to get passed for attending alone. [Seth]: What [are you retarded]? Jeremy: It's called a [learning disability], bro Seth: Oh ok. ❋ Officer_Ratchet_Rattle_Mouth57 (2023)

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