Usually means: Advocate for fairness in administration.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word ombudsman:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. ombudsman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ombudsman: Merriam-Webster
  3. ombudsman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ombudsman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ombudsman: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ombudsman: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ombudsman, ombudsman: Wordnik
  8. ombudsman: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ombudsman: Wiktionary
  10. ombudsman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ombudsman: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ombudsman: Dictionary.com
  13. ombudsman: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. ombudsman: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Ombudsman (Ireland), Ombudsman (TV series), Ombudsman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. ombudsman: Rhymezone
  17. ombudsman, ombudsman (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. ombudsman: FreeDictionary.org
  19. ombudsman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. ombudsman, the Ombudsman: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. ombudsman: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Ombudsman: bizterms.net
  4. ombudsman: Finance-Glossary.com
  5. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. ombudsman: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ombudsman, the Ombudsman: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Alzheimer's Association Medical Glossary (No longer online)
  2. ombudsman, the Ombudsman: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. ombudsman: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ombudsman: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ombudsmans as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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 an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.

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