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Umpire
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- 1 An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.
- 1 An official who presides over a sports match.
"And you, O King, and you, O Goldry Bluszco, are likewise bound by oath to wrastle fairly and to abide by the ruling of me, the Red Foliot, whom ye are content to choose as your umpire."
- 2 someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue wordnet
- 3 An official who presides over a sports match.; The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
- 4 an official at a baseball game wordnet
- 5 An official who presides over a sports match.; One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
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- 6 An official who presides over a sports match.; One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
"The umpire called the pitch a strike."
- 7 An official who presides over a sports match.; The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
"The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him."
- 8 An official who presides over a sports match.; A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses three; in the past there were two or just one. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
- 9 An official who presides over a sports match.; The official who presides over a curling game.
- 10 A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
"You for their umpire and their ſynod take, / And their appeal alone to Cæſar make."
- 1 To act as an umpire in a game. intransitive
- 2 be a referee or umpire in a sports competition wordnet
- 3 To decide as an umpire. transitive
"Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies."
Etymology
From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumpere as an oumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Doublet of nonpareil.
From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumpere as an oumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Doublet of nonpareil.
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