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referee

In sport, the official in charge of a game.

referee

A quasi-judicial officer appointed by a court to take testimony or hear specified types of cases. These officials are sometimes called masters.

referee

In science, one who reads and comments on a scientific paper before its publication, normally a scientist of at least equal standing to the author(s).



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" That was how the Sunday SUN put it, and a clever and remarkably prompt "handbook" article in the REFEREE compared the affair to a menagerie suddenly let loose in a village.
I'm not casting reflections on the referee, or the present company.
In this abstruse pursuit; in making an account for Peggotty, of all the property into which she had come; in arranging all the affairs in an orderly manner; and in being her referee and adviser on every point, to our joint delight; I passed the week before the funeral.
 
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