"referee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹɛf.əˈɹiː/ [UK], /ˌɹɛfəˈɹiː/ [US] Audio: en-us-referee.ogg Forms: referees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|fro|referer||to relate, to refer}} Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), {{der|en|la|refero|referre|to carry back, to report, to notify}} Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”), {{suffix|en|refer|ee}} refer + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} referee (plural referees)
  1. (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game. Categories (topical): Sports, Occupations, People Translations (sport: umpire, judge of a game): βραβευτής (brabeutḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), حَكَم (ḥakam) [masculine] (Arabic), մրցավար (mrcʻavar) (Armenian), epaile (Basque), суддзя́ (suddzjá) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), рэферы́ (refjerý) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), арбі́тр (arbítr) [masculine] (Belarusian), арбі́тар (arbítar) [masculine] (Belarusian), съдия́ (sǎdijá) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ре́фер (réfer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), àrbitre [masculine] (Catalan), 裁判 (cáipàn) (Chinese Mandarin), akem (Crimean Tatar), rozhodčí [masculine] (Czech), dommer [common-gender] (Danish), scheidsrechter (Dutch), decidisto (Esperanto), arbitraciisto (Esperanto), dómari [masculine] (Faroese), erotuomari (Finnish), arbitre [masculine] (French), Schiedsrichter [masculine] (German), Schiedsrichterin [feminine] (German), διαιτητής (diaititís) [masculine] (Greek), dommeri (Greenlandic), abit (Haitian Creole), שופט (shofét) [masculine] (Hebrew), bíró (Hungarian), spori (Hungarian), moltóir [masculine] (Irish), réiteoir [masculine] (Irish), arbitro [masculine] (Italian), 審判 (alt: しんぱん, shinpan, しんばん, shinban) (Japanese), レフェリー (referī) (Japanese), អាជ្ញាកណ្ដាល (ʼaacñaa kɑɑkɑndaal) (Khmer), 심판 (simpan) (alt: 審判) (Korean), sudnik [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), sudnica [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), Arbitter [masculine] (Luxembourgish), су́дија (súdija) [masculine] (Macedonian), судијка (sudijka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pengadil (Malay), wasit (Malay), rewherī (Maori), kaiwawao (Maori), dommer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dommar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Spellvemedla [masculine] (Plautdietsch), sędzia [masculine] (Polish), arbiter [masculine] (Polish), árbitro [masculine] (Portuguese), juiz [masculine] (Portuguese), arbitru [masculine] (Romanian), судья́ (sudʹjá) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), рефери́ (referí) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), арби́тр (arbítr) [masculine] (Russian), ампа́йр (ampájr) [masculine] [cricket, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, baseball] (Russian), rèitear [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), судија [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), су́дац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), су̏ткиња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sudija [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), súdac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȕtkinja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rozhodca [masculine] (Slovak), rozhodkyňa [feminine] (Slovak), árbitro (Spanish), réferi [masculine] (Spanish), domare [common-gender] (Swedish), hakem (Turkish), суддя́ (suddjá) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), рефері́ (referí) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), арбі́тр (arbítr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trọng tài (Vietnamese), dyfarnwr [masculine] (Welsh), dyfarnwraig [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. A person who settles a dispute. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (person who settles a dispute): حَكَم (ḥakam) [masculine] (Arabic), съдия́ (sǎdijá) [masculine] (Bulgarian), арбитър (arbitǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), àrbitre [masculine] (Catalan), arbiter (Dutch), välimies (Finnish), sovittelija (Finnish), arbitre [masculine] (French), Schlichter [general, masculine] (German), Schiedsmann (note: in jurisdiction) [masculine] (German), Ombudsmann [masculine] (German), Ombudsfrau (english: where formalized using this term) [feminine] (German), διαιτητής (diaititís) [masculine] (Greek), εισηγητής (eisigitís) [masculine] (Greek), 중재인 (jungjaein) (alt: 仲裁人) (Korean), су́дија (súdija) [masculine] (Macedonian), rewherī (Maori), árbitro [masculine] (Portuguese), juiz [masculine] (Portuguese), arbitru [masculine] (Romanian), judecător [masculine] (Romanian), судья́ (sudʹjá) [masculine] (Russian), арби́тр (arbítr) [masculine] (Russian), судија [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), су́дац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), су̏ткиња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sudija [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), súdac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȕtkinja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), árbitro [masculine] (Spanish), skiljedomare [common-gender] (Swedish), canolwr [masculine] (Welsh), cyflafareddwr [masculine] (Welsh)
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  3. (UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (person who writes a letter of reference): референт (referent) (Bulgarian), 證明人 (Chinese Mandarin), 证明人 (zhèngmíngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), referentie [common-gender] (Dutch), suosittelija (Finnish), Empfehlungsgeber [masculine] (German), Befürworter [masculine] (German), Protagonist [masculine] (German), moltóir [masculine] (Irish), 신원보증인 (sinwonbojeung'in) (alt: 身元保證人) (Korean), препора́чател (preporáčatel) [masculine] (Macedonian), referent [masculine] (Romanian), поручи́тель (poručítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), поручи́тельница (poručítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), referens [common-gender] (Swedish), canolwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-referee-en-noun-G6QBMbBJ Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 13 33 20 0 Disambiguation of People: 32 17 18 33 0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ee, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 4 51 7 2 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 22 5 57 13 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 21 5 61 7 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 5 47 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 39 3 49 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 2 51 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 20 5 63 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 3 65 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 19 17 52 10 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 25 5 56 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 4 54 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 18 15 57 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 18 53 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 22 3 65 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 5 56 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 3 66 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 18 18 53 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 5 54 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 4 60 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 25 5 55 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 22 3 65 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 22 18 48 10 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 25 4 57 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 18 53 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 5 62 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 4 61 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 4 61 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 24 5 57 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 25 3 64 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 22 3 66 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 18 18 53 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 18 18 53 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 3 69 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 5 59 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 28 2 64 5 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 14 2 80 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 5 56 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 17 53 10 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 4 61 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 18 18 54 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 18 18 53 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 4 58 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 4 61 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 23 4 61 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 5 60 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 18 18 53 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 26 5 57 6 7 Disambiguation of 'person who writes a letter of reference': 14 21 59 6
  4. An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (expert who judges a manuscript): рецензент (recenzent) [masculine] (Bulgarian), arvioija (Finnish), Rezensent [masculine] (German), Lektor [masculine] (German), κριτής (kritís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), measúnóir [masculine] (Irish), 심사원 (simsawon) (alt: 審査員) (Korean), ве́штак (véštak) [masculine] (Macedonian), рецензе́нт (recenzént) [masculine] (Russian), рецѐнзент [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), рецѐнзентица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), recènzent [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), recènzentica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), árbitro [masculine] (Spanish), revisor [masculine] (Spanish), bilirkişi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-referee-en-noun-M2eJKRGf Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 13 33 20 0 Disambiguation of People: 32 17 18 33 0 Disambiguation of 'expert who judges a manuscript': 14 15 15 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: assistant referee, match referee, ref [clipping], referee assistant, video assistant referee, video referee Related terms: referral, referrer

Verb

IPA: /ˌɹɛf.əˈɹiː/ [UK], /ˌɹɛfəˈɹiː/ [US] Audio: en-us-referee.ogg Forms: referees [present, singular, third-person], refereeing [participle, present], refereed [participle, past], refereed [past]
Rhymes: -iː 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|fro|referer||to relate, to refer}} Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), {{der|en|la|refero|referre|to carry back, to report, to notify}} Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”), {{suffix|en|refer|ee}} refer + -ee Head templates: {{en-verb}} referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)
  1. To act as a referee. Translations (to act as a judge of a game or contest): βραβεύω (brabeúō) (Ancient Greek), реферирам (referiram) (Bulgarian), рецензирам (recenziram) (Bulgarian), dømme (Danish), arbitracii (Esperanto), tuomita (Finnish), toimia tuomarina (Finnish), tuomaroida (Finnish), sovitella (Finnish), suositella (Finnish), arvioida (Finnish), arbitrer (French), schiedsrichtern [rare] (German), pfeifen [colloquial] (German), arbitrare (Italian), су́ди (súdi) (Macedonian), rewherī (Maori), sędziować [imperfective] (Polish), arbitrar (Portuguese), arbitra (Romanian), arbitrar (Spanish), döma (Swedish) Translations (to judge a manuscript): lektorieren (German), beurteilen (German) Translations (to settle a dispute): schlichten (German), entscheiden (German) Translations (to write a letter of reference): empfehlen (German), beurteilen (German), befürworten (english: if deemed supportive) (German)
    Sense id: en-referee-en-verb-r1D8nZ5i

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game."
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          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
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          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "scheidsrechter"
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          "word": "decidisto"
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "arbitraciisto"
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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dómari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "erotuomari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arbitre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schiedsrichter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schiedsrichterin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diaititís",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "διαιτητής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "brabeutḗs",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "βραβευτής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "dommeri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "abit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shofét",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שופט"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "bíró"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "spori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "moltóir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "réiteoir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arbitro"
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "審判"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "referī",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "レフェリー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaacñaa kɑɑkɑndaal",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "អាជ្ញាកណ្ដាល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "alt": "審判",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "simpan",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "심판"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Arbitter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "súdija",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "су́дија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sudijka",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "судијка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "pengadil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "wasit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "rewherī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "kaiwawao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dommer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "dommar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Spellvemedla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sędzia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arbiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "árbitro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "juiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arbitru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sudʹjá",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "судья́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "referí",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рефери́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "arbítr",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "арби́тр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ampájr",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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            "ball-games",
            "games",
            "sports",
            "hobbies",
            "lifestyle",
            "baseball"
          ],
          "word": "ампа́йр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rèitear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "судија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "су́дац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "су̏ткиња"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sudija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "súdac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sȕtkinja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozhodca"
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rozhodkyňa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sudnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sudnica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "árbitro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "réferi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "domare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "hakem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "suddjá",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "суддя́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "referí",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рефері́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "arbítr",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "арбі́тр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "word": "trọng tài"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dyfarnwr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 17 15 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dyfarnwraig"
        }
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 13 33 20 0",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "en:Occupations",
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            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ],
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          "dispute"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥakam",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حَكَم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎdijá",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "съдия́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "arbitǎr",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "арбитър"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "àrbitre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "word": "arbiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "word": "välimies"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "word": "sovittelija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arbitre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "general",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlichter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "in jurisdiction",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schiedsmann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ombudsmann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "where formalized using this term",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ombudsfrau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diaititís",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "διαιτητής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eisigitís",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εισηγητής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "alt": "仲裁人",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jungjaein",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "word": "중재인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "súdija",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "су́дија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "word": "rewherī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "árbitro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "juiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arbitru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "judecător"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sudʹjá",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "судья́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "arbítr",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "арби́тр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "судија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "су́дац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "су̏ткиња"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 71 17 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sudija"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
          "word": "arbitracii"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "grc",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
          "word": "arbitrare"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "arbitrar"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
          "word": "arbitra"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
          "word": "arbitrar"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "to act as a judge of a game or contest",
          "word": "döma"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to settle a dispute",
          "word": "schlichten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to settle a dispute",
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          "code": "de",
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          "publish"
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
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      ],
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      "roman": "sǎdijá",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "съдия́"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "réfer",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́фер"
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àrbitre"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "裁判"
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      "code": "crh",
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "akem"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozhodčí"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dommer"
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      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "scheidsrechter"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "decidisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "arbitraciisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dómari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "erotuomari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schiedsrichter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schiedsrichterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diaititís",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διαιτητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "brabeutḗs",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βραβευτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "dommeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "abit"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shofét",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שופט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "bíró"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "spori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moltóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "réiteoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbitro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんぱん, shinpan, しんばん, shinban",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "審判"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "referī",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "レフェリー"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaacñaa kɑɑkɑndaal",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "អាជ្ញាកណ្ដាល"
    },
    {
      "alt": "審判",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "simpan",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "심판"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Arbitter"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "súdija",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "су́дија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sudijka",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "судијка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "pengadil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "wasit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "rewherī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "kaiwawao"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dommer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dommar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spellvemedla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sędzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árbitro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbitru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sudʹjá",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "судья́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "referí",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рефери́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "arbítr",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "арби́тр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ampájr",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cricket",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "baseball"
      ],
      "word": "ампа́йр"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rèitear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "судија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "су́дац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "су̏ткиња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sudija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "súdac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sȕtkinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozhodca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozhodkyňa"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sudnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sudnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "árbitro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "réferi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "domare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "hakem"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "suddjá",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суддя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "referí",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рефері́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "arbítr",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "арбі́тр"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "word": "trọng tài"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyfarnwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sport: umpire, judge of a game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyfarnwraig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥakam",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَكَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎdijá",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "съдия́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "arbitǎr",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "арбитър"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àrbitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "word": "arbiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "word": "välimies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "word": "sovittelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "general",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlichter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "in jurisdiction",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schiedsmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ombudsmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "where formalized using this term",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ombudsfrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diaititís",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διαιτητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eisigitís",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εισηγητής"
    },
    {
      "alt": "仲裁人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jungjaein",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "word": "중재인"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "súdija",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "су́дија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "word": "rewherī"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árbitro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbitru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "judecător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sudʹjá",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "судья́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "arbítr",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "арби́тр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "судија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "су́дац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "су̏ткиња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sudija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "súdac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sȕtkinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árbitro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skiljedomare"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canolwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who settles a dispute",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyflafareddwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "referent",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "word": "референт"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "word": "證明人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngmíngrén",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "word": "证明人"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "referentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "word": "suosittelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Empfehlungsgeber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Befürworter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Protagonist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moltóir"
    },
    {
      "alt": "身元保證人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinwonbojeung'in",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "word": "신원보증인"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "preporáčatel",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "препора́чател"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poručítelʹ",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poručítelʹnica",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "referens"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who writes a letter of reference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canolwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "recenzent",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рецензент"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "word": "arvioija"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rezensent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kritís",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κριτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "measúnóir"
    },
    {
      "alt": "審査員",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "simsawon",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "word": "심사원"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "véštak",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́штак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "recenzént",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рецензе́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рецѐнзент"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рецѐнзентица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "expert who judges a manuscript",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recènzent"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to settle a dispute",
      "word": "schlichten"
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      "sense": "to settle a dispute",
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      "sense": "to write a letter of reference",
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      "code": "de",
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