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designatore

referee designator

noun deh-zee-nyah-TOH-reh Rare

Also means

selector, appointer

Usage Note

Designatore is primarily a sports-administration term: in Italian football (calcio), the designatore arbitrale is the official who assigns referees to matches. More broadly it can mean any person who designates or appoints. The feminine form is designatrice, though rare in practice.

Examples

"Il designatore ha scelto l'arbitro per la partita."

Natural Translation

The designator chose the referee for the match.

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