noumpere

Middle English

Alternative forms

owmpere, nounpeer, omper, nompere, umpere, umper

Etymology

From Old French nonper.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nuːmˈpɛːr/, /noːmˈpeːr/, /uːmˈpeːr/, /oːmˈpeːr/

Noun

noumpere

An arbitrator; an umpire.
An arbitrator between arbitrators.

Descendants

English: umpire
Scots: umpire

References

“nǒumper(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-25.

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