Usually means: Officials who enforce rules in games.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. referees: Merriam-Webster
  2. referees: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. referees: Collins English Dictionary
  4. referees: Vocabulary.com
  5. Referee's, Referees, referee's, referees: Wordnik
  6. referees: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. referees: Wiktionary
  8. referees: Dictionary.com
  9. referees: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Referees: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. referees: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. referees: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. referees: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. referees: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Handball-Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  3. Referees: Sports Definitions

(Note: See referee as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (referee)

noun:  (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
noun:  A person who settles a dispute.
noun:  (UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.
noun:  An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
verb:  To act as a referee.
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