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empire (EM pighr") (noun)
A large number of physical territories and people that are under the political control of an individual country: The explorers who sailed around the world for the first time claimed land and people as part of their empire.
umpire (UM pighr") (noun)
1. An individual who is appointed to help make decisions in a situation of controversy between parties: During the negotiations to end the conflict, the mayor was appointed as umpire to help sort out the issues.
2. In sports, an individual who supervises and enforces the rules of a game: The umpire for the baseball tournament used to be a famous player.

The membership of the cricket team came from all corners of the country’s empire. From among them, a fair and just umpire was selected to be sure the game was played fairly.

umpire
1. An official who supervises a sport and enforces the rules of the game in such sports, as baseball, football, basketball, soccer, etc.
2. Someone who is appointed to settle a dispute that mediators have been unable to resolve; an arbitrator.
3. Etymology: from noumper, from Old French nonper, "odd number, not even,", in reference to a third person to arbitrate between two; from non, "not" + per, "equal,"; from Latin par.

The initial -n- was lost by about 1440 because of the faulty separation of a noumpere, heard as an oumpere.

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