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noun
1.
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
2.
one selected to settle disputes about the application of settled rules or usages; a person agreed on by disputing parties to arbitrate their differences.
verb (used with object)
3.
to act as umpire in (a game).
4.
to decide or settle (a controversy, dispute, or the like) as umpire; arbitrate.
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Umpiring
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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verb (used without object)
5.
to act as umpire.
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Word Origin & History
umpire
c.1400, noumper, from O.Fr. nonper "odd number, not even," in reference to a third person to arbitrate between two, from non "not" + per "equal," from L. par. Initial -n- lost by c.1440 due to faulty separation of a noumpere, heard as an oumpere. Originally legal, the gaming sense first recorded 1714
EXPAND(in wrestling). Short form ump is attested from 1915. The verb is first recorded 1609, from the noun.
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