umpire

IPA: ˈʌmpaɪɝ

(tennis, badminton) The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
(cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
(baseball) One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
(American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive 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 three; in the past there were two or just one. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
(law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
(curling) The official who presides over a curling game.
An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.

Examples of "umpire" in Sentences

But remember the umpire is not arbitrating warring parties.
Maybe they are practicing nonviolent disobedience and the umpire is behaving violently.
Of course the umpire is protected against acts of violence by the state -- we all are, at least in theory.
The first umpire believes he can call an objective reality; the second umpire is aware that perception is involved.
'' I've seen times, probably, when they didn't call that, but the umpire is standing right there on it, '' Manuel said.
Careless says: devoman: Alan, The first umpire believes he can call an objective reality; the second umpire is aware that perception is involved.
A batter becomes a runner when the third strike called by the umpire is not caught, providing (1) first base is unoccupied, or (2) first base is occupied with two out.
"I don't think there's any question that moving the umpire is causing that number to go up," Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay, co-chairman of the NFL's competition committee, told Maske.
But if he kicks off the umpire for obviously bad reasons (e.g. the umpire is not sufficiently biased toward the home team) then he might get in trouble with the league, with the fans, and so on.
McKay said he thinks the decision to reposition the umpire from the defensive side of the ball to the offensive backfield, a move made for safety reasons, has not affected the mechanics of play during games.