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ombudsman

/ɔm.byds.man/

noun, masculine/feminine/ɔm.byds.man/plural: ombudsmans

ombudsman is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.

an appointed official within an organization whose duty is to investigate complaints against that organization by its customers, taxpayers, and sometimes employees, and often to act as a consultant to improve services and processes

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.