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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 577 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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UMPIRE , the See also:

TERM

term used, like " See also:

REFEREE

referee," for a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person appointed by consent to See also:

settle disputes arising between opposing parties, and particularly one chosen to see that the rules of a See also:

GAME

game are obeyed. The word itself stands for the See also:

MIDDLE

Middle See also:

ENGLISH

English nompere or noumpere, " a numpere " becoming " an umpire." The earlier See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form represents the Old See also:

French nompere, non pair, i.e. not equal, See also:

ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd.

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