Definition of "ombudspersons" [ombudspersons]

• Plural form of ombudsperson. (noun)

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• "Donor governments can offer financial and technical assistance to build the capacity of accountability institutions -- such as courts and ombudspersons -- to redress human rights violations."
• "So Vice President Biden has been named "stimulus sheriff", Governor Patterson has appointed a State Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Cabinet (and is being pushed to create a state stimulus oversight czar), and New York City has created Stimulus Tracker to allow New Yorkers to be, in effect, their own stimulus ombudspersons."
• "In a period in which more respect and political authority has been placed in our ombudspersons, New York City has not put its money where its mouth is."