ETYM Latin arbiter; ar- (for ad) + the root of betere to go; hence properly, one who comes up to look on.
1. Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; SYN. arbitrator.
2. Someone with the power to settle matters at will; SYN. supreme authority.
3. Judge, especially one chosen by disputing parties. arbiter elegantiae, (Latin) “judge of taste”, especially G. Petronius, supervisor of Nero’s entertainments. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin, from arbitrari: cf. French arbitrateur.
1. A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.
2. One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.

A government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government.
commissioner appointed by a legislature to investigate complaints by private citizens against government officials or agencies.
Official who acts on behalf of the private citizen in investigating complaints against the government. The post is of Scandinavian origin; it was introduced in Sweden 1809, Denmark 1954, and Norway 1962, and spread to other countries from the 1960s.
Hawaii was the first state to appoint an ombudsman 1967. + prikaži više