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Variant of umpire

umpire definition

um·pire (um′pīr)

noun

  1. a person chosen to render a decision in a dispute; judge; arbiter
    1. an official who administers the rules in certain team sports, as baseball or cricket
    2. Football an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage, esp. near the center of the field

Etymology: ME oumpere, altered by faulty separation of a noumpire < noumpere (see adder, apron) < MFr nomper, uneven, hence an uneven number, third person < non, not + per, even < L par, par

transitive verb umpired -·pired′, umpiring -·pir′·ing

to act as umpire in or of

intransitive verb

to act as umpire

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They haven't cometosee you umpiring, they have come to see me bat.

-Grace,W(illiam) G(ilbert)

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