Umpire

Definitions

1. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
2. An official who presides over a sports match.
3. An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.
4. The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
5. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
6. One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
7. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
8. 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.
9. The official who presides over a curling game.
10. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.

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Examples

“And you, O King, and you, O Goldry Bluszco, are likewise bound by oath to wrastle fairly and to abide by the ruling of me, the Red Foliot, whom ye are content to choose⟳ as your umpire.”

“The umpire called the pitch a strike⟳.”

“The umpire must keep⟳ on his toes as the play⟳ often occurs around him.”

“You for their umpire and their ſynod take⟳, / And their appeal alone to Cæſar make⟳.”

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