Meaning of Umpire | Babel Free

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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