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Referee

noun

(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play. Synonym: ref.

Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication. Synonyms: reader, reviewer.

An attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case.

verb

Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition. Synonym: umpire.

Evaluate professionally a colleague's work. Synonym: peer review.

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"Referee" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the rules to provide for an additional official, suggested by Walter Camp, was adopted in providing that any team shall have the right to have a fourth official, who shall be known as a field judge. His duty will be to assist the referee and umpire. The naming of ...

— Owen Clancy's Happy Trail - or, The Motor Wizard in California • Burt L. Standish

... again and the real teams appeared. This time the burst of song became so jubilantly noisy that the president of the college half rose in his seat as though to signal for order, then, apparently changing his mind, settled himself in his chair, smiling broadly. Immediately the song ended the referee's whistle blew ...

— Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College • Jessie Graham Flower

... without reckoning on the staying qualities of the American. Tom had always been called a "sticking-plaster" by his fellow players on the football field. He was not to be counted out of the game until the last whistle sounded and the referee's falling hand ...

— Air Service Boys Flying for Victory - or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold • Charles Amory Beach

... An' she's so full-blooded it'll be likely to go hard with her. They want me to go right down, an' David's got to carry me. John would, but he's gone to be referee in that land case, an' he won't be back for a day or two. It's a mercy David's just home from town, so he won't have to change his clo'es right through. Now, mother, if you should have little 'Liza Tolman come an' stay with you, do you think anything would happen, s'posin' we ...

— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown

... rest my feet on!' I told myself that I wouldn't risk bringing Margaret over. I didn't dare chance her being with me if ever I had to go back into the ring. So I kept jumping and stamping on the monster. The referee had given me the fight and had gone away; and, with no one to stop me, I kicked the ...

— Not George Washington - An Autobiographical Novel • P. G. Wodehouse

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