referee : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: referee	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for referee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
referee n (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play Synonym(s): referee, ref someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication Synonym(s): reviewer, referee, reader an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case v be a referee or umpire in a sports competition [syn: referee, umpire] evaluate professionally a colleague's work Synonym(s): referee, peer review
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Referee \Ref`er*ee"\ (-[?]), n. One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it. Syn: Judge; arbitrator; umpire. See {Judge}.