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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A referee.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An abbreviation of reformed; reference.
  • noun An abbreviation of referred;
  • noun of reflection or reflective;
  • noun of reflex, reflexive, or reflexively;
  • noun [capitalized] of Reformation;
  • noun of reformer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • abbreviation reference
  • abbreviation refectory
  • noun Short form of referee.
  • verb informal to referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play

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  • · id 617761: In dot graphs now also @ref worked (previously only \ref was supported).

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  • I think employing the Godfather ref is a bit too subtle for Bush. rayc Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Fredo 2007

  • Whatever the validity of Leicester's complaints, screaming four? letter, nationality-themed, integrity? questioning obscenities at the ref is neither big nor clever.

    Leicester turn air blue against Saracens in rage at referee exchange Robert Kitson at Vicarage Road 2010

  • Jim DeMint – Republican in ref to Obama's attempt at making healthcare affordable to everyone.

    Graham: Dems engaging in 'seedy Chicago politics' 2009

  • ` ` If you look at the replay, the ref is standing there watching it.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • ` ` I was like, 'Man, you're pushing me and doing all those things to throw me off - balance and the ref is not seeing it.

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  • ` ` I feel that's one you just have to call, '' Johnson said, ` ` when it's a crucial situation like that and the ref is standing right there. ''

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  • Or if I want to see a police officer in a time frame where the person concerned might be caught, I report a couple having a domestic, who called me a derogatory name ref my Race, Religion, or sexual preference (underline the relevant option) and just out of interest they broke the wing mirror on my car.

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  • That second ref is a link from the Dispatch's archive.

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