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noumpere - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · An arbitrator; an umpire. · An arbitrator between arbitrators. Descendants. edit. English: umpire; Scots: umpire. References. edit. “nǒumper(e, n.” ...
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noumpere, n. meanings, etymology and more
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the early 1600s. See meaning & use. Where does the noun noumpere come from? Earliest known use.
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Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
OF nonper adj. Definitions (Senses and Subsenses). 1. (a) An arbitrator, arbiter, umpire, a mediator ...
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noumpere
† noumpere Obs. Forms: 4–5 nounper, -pier; 4 noumpere, 5 nowmper(e, -powre; 4 nompere, -peyr. [a. OF. nonper, nomper, f. non- non- + per, pair peer.] The original form of umpire.1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 181 Til Robyn þe Ropere weore..nempned for a noumpere þat no de-bat neore. a 1420 Bible (Wycl.) I...
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UMPIRE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of noumpere was "a person who is not equal, a person who has authority over others." Many people who heard the words a noumpere ...
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noumpere — Words of the week - Emma Wilkin
a noumpere ⇾ an umpire (the tennis people). Another type of rebracketing is when words become split in a way that's different from how they ...
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umpire - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
Noumpere comes from Old French nonper, made up of non, "not," and per, "equal." As an impartial arbiter of a dispute between two people, the umpire is not ...
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In a Word: The Long-Suffering Umpire | The Saturday Evening Post
A noumpere was an arbitrator, a person who was “not ...
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Quite Interesting on X: "The word 'umpire' was originally 'noumpere ...
The word 'umpire' was originally 'noumpere' (from Old French 'nonper' meaning 'without equal'). Over the years 'a noumpere' was misheard as ...
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Old French then Middle English. “nonper” became “noumpere” and eventually the “n” was dropped. It meant arbitrator. Upvote 95. Downvote Award
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9 Words Formed by Mistakes | Merriam-Webster
Noumpere became the form used in English for “one without equal” or “peerless,” but frequent references to “a noumpere” ended up becoming references to “an ...
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Umpire (baseball)
Etymology
According to the Middle English dictionary entry for noumpere, the predecessor of umpire came from the Old French nonper (from non, "not" and
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Provection
terminology the process is usually called metanalysis or rebracketing, which also cover transposition in the reverse direction, as with Middle English a noumpere
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