1. umpire - Noun
2. umpire - Verb
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.
A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.
To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.
To act as umpire or arbitrator.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands. Babe Ruth
Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of Fame. Al Barlick
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player. Bill Klem
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile. Christy Mathewson
Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God. Edwin Louis Cole
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on. Ford Frick