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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

... box, rapidly and steadily adding to his portfolio of charming sketches and at intervals filling the gaps in his zoological work of Discovery times; withal ready and willing to give advice and assistance to others at all times; his sound judgment appreciated and therefore a constant referee. ...

— The Voyages of Captain Scott - Retold from 'The Voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's - Last Expedition' • Charles Turley

... Youngster's Wharf around Leander's Rock, and return. Stakes to be—the championship of Bath Bay. The oarsmen of the Pupil would respectfully propose three p.m. as the hour for the race, and the firing of a gun the signal for the start. The oldest inhabitant, Clump, offers his services as umpire, referee, judge, and signalman. ...

— Captain Mugford - Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors • W.H.G. Kingston

... to the spectators in the hall, and behind the ropes at the back there sat in the centre of the row of chairs a fat red-faced man in evening-dress who was greeted on all sides as Colonel Joe. "Colonel Joe" was the referee, and a person on ...

— The Broken Road • A. E. W. Mason

... his subordinates, and which proved successful. The principal terms which were finally accepted by the Khan and his tribal chiefs were, that their foreign policy was to be under our guidance, and we were also to be the referee in case of internal disputes; that the commerce of the Bolam was to be opened and protected, the annual subsidy hitherto granted to the Khan of 5,000l. being doubled to cover the necessary expenditure; and, finally, that a British Agent with a suitable contingent ...

— Indian Frontier Policy • General Sir John Ayde

... carry the wearer anywhere at a step; and a stick which would demolish everything before it. Each of the dwarfs wanted to take all these articles, to go to a great wedding which was just taking place in Courland. The referee put on the hat, saw the wedding, and told the dwarfs to stand with their backs to him, when he demolished them with the stick, only three drops of water being left where they had been standing. Then he went to the wedding in Courland, where he found a great number of people assembled, ...

— The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country • William Forsell Kirby

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