Pronounced: SOO-kee, noun
Notes: I didn’t know this word
Yesterday’s word
The word ombudsman is
- a government official who investigates complaints made regarding abuses by public officials
- one who investigates, reports on, and helps settle complaints
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1910s
Background / Comments
I thought our word had something to do with finances. Our word came from Swedish, where it refers to a legal representative, which is made up of ombud (agent; attorney) and –-man. It is thought that this came from the Old Norse words omboth (commission) and mathr (man). Sweden was the first country to appoint an official known as an ombudsman.
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