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ref

noun as in judge

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In 2018, they founded Change the Ref, an advocacy group that works to empower kids to enact change through education, conversation and urban art.

"On the field, the referee didn't give the foul, then we've re-reffed it. It's not the ref, it's a fella 200-odd miles away in a box."

From BBC

Then VAR instructed the ref to jog over to the pitchside monitor.

From BBC

"As soon as the ref blew I was pretty confident it was going to get overturned," Tarkowski told Sky Sports.

From BBC

A party may not like the outcome or agree with every call made by a ref or a judge, but if the rules are clear and followed, we generally accept the outcome.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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