What does umpire mean?
Umpire means An official who presides over a sports match..
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/ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/ · noun
An official who presides over a sports match..
And you, O King, and you, O Goldry Bluszco, are likewise bound by oath to wrastle fairly and to abide by the ruling of me, the Red Foliot, whom ye are content to choose as your umpire.
You for their umpire and their ſynod take, / And their appeal alone to Cæſar make.
Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
Use umpire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Umpire means An official who presides over a sports match..
Common synonyms include arbitrate, settle, referee, ump.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And you, O King, and you, O Goldry Bluszco, are likewise bound by oath to wrastle fairly and to abide by the ruling of me, the Red Foliot, whom ye are content to choose as your umpire.
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