Synonyms for umpire

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhm-pahyuhr

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌm paɪər

Top 10 synonyms for umpire

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Définition of umpire

Origin : c.1400, noumper, from Old French nonper "odd number, not even," in reference to a third person to arbitrate between two, from non "not" + per "equal," from Latin par. Initial -n- lost by mid-15c. due to faulty separation of a noumpere, heard as an oumpere. Originally legal, the gaming sense first recorded 1714 (in wrestling).

noun person who settles dispute

Example sentences :

Where it stopped rolling an umpire marked and called the distance.
Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall

They argued and sometimes fought over the umpire's decision.
Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt

The origin of government is simply that two men call in a third for umpire.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

An umpire should be with each outpost and with each scouting patrol.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

Eliot was at bat, and the umpire had just called the second strike on him.
Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott

The umpire knew his business, however, and did not get rattled.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish

Better, he urged, to be umpire than participant in so ungrateful a contest.
Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird

After which he had a long argument with the umpire as to whether he was in or out.
Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome

He became the umpire of taste, and his word was received as the fiat of fashion.
Extract from : « Evenings at Donaldson Manor » by Maria J. McIntosh

There was a sixth boat for the umpire, Professor Gordon, to follow the race.
Extract from : « Madge Morton's Secret » by Amy D. V. Chalmers

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