umpire

Meanings

Plural: umpires

Noun

an official at a baseball game
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
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.
An official who presides over a sports match.
A person who arbitrates between contending parties.

Verb

be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
To act as an umpire in a game.
To decide as an umpire.

Origin / Etymology

From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumpere as an oumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Doublet of nonpareil.

Synonyms

arbiter, arbitrate, arbitrator, referee, settle, ump

Scrabble Score: 10

umpire is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
umpire is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
umpire is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

umpire is a valid Words With Friends word