umpire

name

1. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
2. An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.

noun

Etymology: From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, 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.

1. An official who presides over a sports match.

   “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.”

2. An official who presides over a sports match.
3. An official who presides over a sports match.
4. An official who presides over a sports match.

   “The umpire called the pitch a strike.”

5. An official who presides over a sports match.

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

6. An official who presides over a sports match.
7. An official who presides over a sports match.
8. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.

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

verb

Etymology: From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, 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.

1. To act as an umpire in a game.
2. To decide as an umpire.

   “Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.”