noumpere

Middle English

Alternative forms

• owmpere, nounpeer, omper, nompere, umpere, umper

Etymology

From Old French nonper; equivalent to non- +‎ pere; forms lacking initial n- are due to reanalysis of a noumpere as an umpere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːmˈpeːr/, /numˈpeːr/, /uːmˈpeːr/, /umˈpeːr/

Noun

noumpere

1. An arbitrator; an umpire.
2. An arbitrator between arbitrators.

Descendants

• English: umpire
• Scots: umpire

References

• “nǒumper(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.