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ombudsmann.

an authorised representative, agent, or steward acting on behalf of a ruler or other authority

10 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔm.bʉːdsˌman/
  1. an authorised representative, agent, or steward acting on behalf of a ruler or other authority

    historical · masculine
    kongens ombudsmann
  2. a commercial agent authorised to conduct business on another person's behalf

    masculine · obsolete
  3. an ombudsman; a person holding an independent public office which protects a defined group's interests or investigates complaints of unfair treatment

    masculine
    ombudsmannen for Forsvaret
  4. an ombudsman; a person holding an independent public office which protects a defined group's interests or investigates complaints of unfair treatment an elected or appointed representative or office-holder

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse umboðsmaðr (“authorised representative, steward”). The Old Norse form is a compound of the genitive singular of umboð (“commission, authority”) and maðr (“man, person”). By surface analysis, ombud (“commission, public office; representative”) + -s- (“interfix”) + mann (“man, person”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ombodsmann, Danish ombudsmand, Swedish ombudsman, Icelandic umboðsmaður and Faroese umboðsmaður (“authorised representative; ombudsman”).

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