An ombudsman is someone who investigates complaints made by people against the government or any public organization. He is an independent official who represents the common man in his fight against the government.
• All complaints must be made in writing to the banking ombudsman by three this afternoon.
The word is Swedish in origins and it means representative or agent. I understand that the word was borrowed into English in the 1960s. The word is being slowly replaced by ombudsperson.
Magazine
The word magazine has several different meaning. A publication containing articles, ads, stories and photo graphs that comes out on a regular basis is called a magazine.
The part of the gun which contains the bullets is also called a magazine.
How did this word acquire such different meaning?
According to scholars, the word magazine, the original ma
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