スウェーデンのombudsman, mission commissionerから、om-, aroundから、ambassadors, -bud, to order, to summon, bid, man, personから省略された。もともとは、中央政府または君主から派遣され、地方の検査を行う官吏のことで、古代中国の勅使検査官のようなものだったが、現在は政府の検査官を指す言葉として使われている。
英語の語源
ombudsman
ombudsman: [20] The word ombudsman, denoting an ‘investigator of public complaints’, was introduced into English from Swedish, and was first used as a quasi-official term in the 1960s: New Zealand was the first Englishspeaking country to introduce such a post, in 1962, and Britain followed four years later. The Swedish word is a descendant of Old Norse umbothsmathr, literally ‘administration-man’; and umboth was originally a compound of um ‘about’ and both ‘command’ (a relative of English bid). => bid
ombudsman (n.)
1959, from Swedish ombudsman, literally "commission man" (specifically in reference to the office of justitieombudsmannen, which hears and investigates complaints by individuals against abuses of the state); cognate with Old Norse umboesmaer, from umboe "commission" (from um- "around," see ambi-, + boe "command," see bid (v.)) + maer "man" (see man (n.)).
例文
1. If the bank is unhelpful take it up with the Ombudsman .
銀行が手伝ってくれない場合は、訴え専門員を探しに行きます。
2.The leaflet explains how to complain to the banking ombudsman .
このチラシは、銀行の意見調査官に苦情を言う方法を紹介しています。
3.The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure.
司法特派員は政治的圧力に制約されない。
4.If a citizen 's complaint is justified,the Ombudsman will act on his behalf.
市民の意見が正しければ、司法特派員は彼のために正義を主張する。
5.There is nothing secretive about the Ombudsman 's work,for his correspondence is open to public inspection.