umpire
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
umpire
n 1: an official at a baseball game [syn: {umpire}, {ump}]
2: someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the
critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature";
"the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the
disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
[syn: {arbiter}, {arbitrator}, {umpire}]
v 1: be a referee or umpire in a sports competition [syn:
{referee}, {umpire}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Umpire \Um"pire\, n. [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F.
impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the
meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + OF. per even,
equal, peer, F. pair; cf. L. impar uneven, unequal. See
{Non-}, and {Peer}, n.]
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1. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question
between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see
that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the
like, are strictly observed.
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A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a
skillful umpire between himself and others.
--Barrow.
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2. (Law) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or
question submitted to arbitrators in case of their
disagreement. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Judge; arbitrator; referee. See {Judge}.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Umpire \Um"pire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Umpired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Umpiring}.]
1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a
dispute.
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Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest
between them, and to decide where the right lies.
--South.
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2. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a
game. [Colloq.]
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
UMPIRE. A person selected by two or more arbitrators. When they are
authorize to do so by the submission of the parties, and they cannot agree
as to the subject-matter referred to them, whose duty it is to decide the
matter in dispute. Sometimes the term is applied to a single arbitrator,
selected by the parties themselves. Kyd on Awards, 6, 75, 77 Caldw. on Arb.
38; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 3 Vin. Ab. 93; Com. Dig. Arbitrament, F; 4 Dall.
271, 432; 4 Sco. N. S. 378; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "umpire":
JP, Justice, act between, adjudge, adjudicate, adjudicator,
arbiter, arbitrate, arbitrator, bargain, bencher, critic,
go between, hear, his honor, his lordship, his worship, hold court,
hold the scales, impartial arbitrator, indicator, intercede,
intermediate, interpose, intervene, judge, judger, justice,
magistrate, make terms, mediate, meet halfway, moderate, moderator,
negotiate, official, officiate, referee, represent,
sit in judgment, step in, third party, treat with, try, ump,
unbiased observer
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