referee
Valid in Scrabble
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Definition of referee
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
“The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.”
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noun
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An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
“The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.”
- A person who settles a dispute.
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(UK)A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. (In the UK such a person is sometimes, and in the US the person is typically, referred to as a reference.)
“Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.”
- An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
verb
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To act as a referee.
“He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.”
“She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer + -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.
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