umpire (n.) Old form(s): vmpeere, Vmpire , Vmpires
arbitrator, mediator, adjudicator
1H6 II.v.29[Mortimer to Gaolers] Just Death, kind umpire of men's miseries
MW I.i.129[Evans to all] There is three umpires in this matter
RJ IV.i.63[Juliet to Friar] 'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife / Shall play the umpire
TNK I.iii.45[Hippolyta to Emilia] Theseus cannot be umpire to himself
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