Bible Dictionaries
Umpire

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To act as umpire or arbitrator.

(2):

(v. t.) To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.

(3):

(v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.

(4):

(n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.

(5):

(n.) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Umpire'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​u/umpire.html. 1828.