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Umpire
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the term used, like "referee," for a person appointed by consent to settle disputes arising between opposing parties, and particularly one chosen to see that the rules of a game are obeyed. The word itself stands for the Middle English nompere or noumpere, " a numpere" becoming "an umpire." The earlier form represents the Old French nompere, nonpair, i.e. not equal, odd. The Latin impar, unequal, was similarly used in the sense of "arbitrator."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Umpire'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/u/umpire.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Umpire'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/u/umpire.html. 1910.
