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umpire
English
Etymology
From a Middle English rebracketing of noumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??m.pa?.?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Noun
umpire (plural umpires)
- (tennis, badminton) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
- (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
- (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
- (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
- (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
- (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
- (curling) The official who presides over a curling game.
Coordinate terms
- referee
Usage notes
- In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.
Translations
Verb
umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired)
- (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.
- Coordinate term: referee
- (transitive) To decide as an umpire.
- Synonyms: arbitrate, settle
- Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
Translations
See also
- Category:English rebracketings.
Further reading
- referee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- umpire (cricket) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- umpire (baseball) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- impure, rumpie
Spanish
Noun
umpire m (plural umpires)
- umpire
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linesman
English
Etymology
line +? -s- +? -man
Pronunciation
Noun
linesman (plural linesmen)
- (soccer) An assistant referee.
- (tennis, dated) A male line judge.
- (ice hockey) An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.
- (American football) An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation.
- A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.
- (military) A private in the line.
Usage notes
- In soccer, the term assistant referee has replaced linesman in official contexts and is preferred by gender-neutral prescription, though linesman remains in common use.
- In tennis, the term linesman is considered dated because not all line judges are male.
Translations
See also
- lineman
- lino
Anagrams
- Lemnians, melanins
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