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umpire, ump(noun) an official at a baseball game.
Also to know is, what is the synonym of umpire?
referee, linesman, referee's assistant, assistant referee, judge, line judge, chair umpire, adjudicator, arbitrator, arbiter, moderator, overseer, supervisor.
Also to know, what is an umpire?
In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling the disciplinary actions. The term is often shortened to the colloquial form ump.
Origin of the word Umpire derives from the Old French word 'nonper', referring to a third person that mediates between two other people, from the early 14th century.