umpire

Meaning

1. The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
2. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
3. One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
4. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
5. 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.
6. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
7. The official who presides over a curling game.

referee

arbitretor

impartial person

arbitrer

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/

Inherited from Middle English

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In summary

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”).

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