Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Umpire

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Umpire


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(1):

(v. i.) To act as umpire or arbitrator.

(2):

(v. t.) To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.

(3):

(v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.

(4):

(n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.

(5):

(n.) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.