umpire
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- An official who presides over a sports match.
- An official who presides over a sports match: The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
- An official who presides over a sports match: One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
- An official who presides over a sports match: One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
- 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.
- 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.
- An official who presides over a sports match: The official who presides over a curling game.
- A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
Verb
- To act as an umpire in a game.
- To decide as an umpire.
Proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
- An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.
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