1.  referee(n = noun.person) ref - (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play; Array
is a kind of official
Derived forms verb refer₄, verb referee₁

2.  referee(n = noun.person) reader, reviewer - someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication; Array
is a kind of critic
has particulars: scanner
Derived forms verb refer₄, verb referee₂

3.  referee(n = noun.person) Array - an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case; Array
is a kind of attorney, lawyer

1.  referee(v = verb.competition) umpire - be a referee or umpire in a sports competition; Array
is one way to judge
Derived forms noun referee₁, noun refereeing₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

2.  referee(v = verb.communication) peer review - evaluate professionally a colleague's work; Array
is one way to critique, review
Derived form noun referee₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it. [1913 Webster]

referee, n. & v.
--n.
1 an umpire esp. in football or boxing.
2 a person whose opinion or judgement is sought in some connection, or who is referred to for a decision in a dispute etc.
3 a person willing to testify to the character of an applicant for employment etc.
--v. (referees, refereed)
1 intr. act as referee.
2 tr. be the referee of (a game etc.).

N  consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.

N  judge, justice, justiciar, justiciary, chancellor, justice of assize, judge of assize, recorder, common sergeant, puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge, conservator of the peace, justice of the peace, J, P, court, magistrate, police magistrate, beak, his worship, his honor, his lordship, jury, twelve men in a box, Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice, Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron, Mr, Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice, Baron, Baron of the Exchequer, jurat, assessor, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee, referendary, revising barrister, domesman, censor, barmaster, ephor, grand juror, grand juryman, juryman, talesman, archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi, Rhadamanthus, litigant, judicial, a Daniel come to judgment.

N  judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.