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um·pire I. \ˈəmˌpī(ə)r, -pīə\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English umpere, oumpere, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of a noumpere) of noumpere, from Middle French nomper, nonper not equal, not paired (i.e., a third person), from non- + per equal, even, from Latin par — more at pair 1. : one having authority to arbitrate and make a final decision: as a. (1) : an attorney at law appointed to judge a legal matter disputed by arbitrators (2) : an impartial third party chosen by labor and management to arbitrate disputes arising under the terms of a labor agreement b. : an official in a sport (as baseball or cricket) who rules on the plays 2. : a military officer who observes and evaluates training maneuvers < umpires rushed about to decide how this battle of blank ammunition was going — O.N.Bradley > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb : to supervise and decide in the capacity of umpire < differences have to be … umpired by the president — Anthony Leviero > < can see … policemen umpiring the roughest games — Margaret Mead > intransitive verb : to act in the capacity of umpire : arbitrate < appointed to umpire in the labor disputes > < umpired for the California league — Darrell Berrigan > |