SUPERNUMERARY — Definition of SUPERNUMERARY
noun
1
A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.
2
An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
3
Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
4
An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
adjective
1
Greater in number than.
2
Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
3
Beyond what is necessary; redundant.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/supernumerary
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