REFEREE

I. noun Date: 1621 one to whom a thing is referred: as, a person to whom a legal matter is referred for investigation and report or for settlement, a person who reviews a paper and especially a technical paper and recommends that it should or should not be published, reference 4a, a sports official usually having final authority in administering a game, II. verb (-eed; -eeing) Date: 1889 transitive verb to conduct (as a match or game) as ~, 2. to arbitrate (as a legal matter) as a judge or third party, to review (as a technical paper) before publication, intransitive verb to act as a ~