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 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 25 May 2018.