sports The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.

synonym: ref.

Roget 758: consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.    agent, delegate; commissary, commissioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire [Fr.]; messenger etc. 534.    diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique [Fr.], embassy; ambassador, embassador^†; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio^†, charge d'affaires [Fr.], attache.    vicegerent etc. (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary.    functionary, placeman^†, curator; treasurer etc. 801; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum etc. (director) 694; caretaker; dalal^†, dubash^†, garnishee, gomashta^†.    negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant etc. 746; referee, arbitrator etc. (judge) 967.    traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur [Fr.], touter^†, commercial traveler, drummer [U.S.], traveling man.    newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.    ... show more

Roget 967: judge; justice, justiciar^†, justiciary^†; chancellor; justice of assize, judge of assize; recorder, common sergeant; puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge; conservator of the peace, justice of the peace; J.   P.; court etc. (tribunal) 966; magistrate, police magistrate, beak [Slang]; his worship, his honor, his lordship.    jury, twelve men in a box.    Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr.    Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer.    jurat [Lat.], assessor; arbiter, arbitrator; umpire; referee, referendary^†; revising barrister; domesman^†; censor etc. (critic) 480; barmaster^†, ephor^†; grand juror, grand juryman; juryman, talesman.    archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta^†, mollah^†, ulema, mufti, cadi^†, kadi^†; Rhadamanthus^†.    litigant etc. (accusation) 938.    ... show more

Dutch: arbiter, fluitist, scheids, scheidsrechter

Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication.

synonyms: reader, reviewer.

Roget 480: result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism [Med.]; illation; corollary, porism^†; moral.    estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication^†; dijudication^†, adjudication; arbitrament, arbitrement^†, arbitration; assessment, ponderation^†; valorization.    award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report.    decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; findings of fact; findings of law; res judicata [Lat.].    plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote etc. (choice) 609; opinion etc. (belief) 484; good judgment etc. (wisdom) 498.    judge, umpire; arbiter, arbitrator; asessor, referee.    censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator etc. 524; inspector, inspecting officer.    twenty-twenty hindsight [judgment after the fact]; armchair general, monday morning quarterback.    ... show more

Dutch: arbiter, referent

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

Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition.

synonym: umpire.

Dutch: scheidsrechter, arbitreren, fluiten, scheidsrechteren

Evaluate professionally a colleague's work.

synonym: peer review.