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单词 ombudswoman
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ombudswomann.

Brit. /ˈɒmbʊdzˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈɑmˌbədzˌwʊm(ə)n/
Inflections: Plural ombudswomen.
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ombudsman n., woman n.
Etymology: < ombuds- (in ombudsman n.) + woman n.
A female ombudsman.
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ombudswoman1961
1961 Observer 12 Nov. 40/8 I suppose I have become a sort of ombudswoman on turnstiles.
1965 Manch. Guardian Weekly 21 Oct. 6 The only answer is for more councillors to see themselves as Ombudsmen and Ombudswomen.
1972 New Yorker 30 Sept. 6/3 Mabel Mercer, ombudswoman to all who have ever played at love.
1986 Amer. Scholar 65 532/2 Eleanor Roosevelt..[received] letters..with..unending pleas for..intercession with government agencies as a kind of ombudswoman.
2002 Africa News Service (Nexis) 11 Apr. She had been receiving her full pay.., the Ombudswoman's report states.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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