From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_344_dumpireum‧pire1 /ˈʌmpaɪə $ -paɪr/ ●○○ noun [countable] DSDSthe person who makes sure that the players obey the rules in sports such as tennis, baseball, and cricket → referee
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umpire• Mack was thrown out of the game for hitting an umpire.• An umpire was appointed to determine the rent of a mill.• I yelled and I screamed at umpires, at everybody, and they all jumped back.• Every man was his own umpire.• I thought he was out, but the umpire called him safe.• A case requiring action by the umpire before the batsman needed to correct the wicket?• He was chosen as one of the umpires in a musical contest between Apollo and Pan.umpireumpire2 verb [intransitive, transitive] DSto be the umpire in a game or competition→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
umpire• Or what about the Bosporus; the last traditional boat used to umpire the races at the regatta.• At their request he umpired their boat-races on the River Wear.Origin umpire1 (1500-1600) a numpire, mistaken for an umpire; numpire “umpire” from Old French nonper “not equal”, from non- + per “equal” (from Latin par) 