Supernumerary

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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). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

    "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.
  5. A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.

Adjective

  1. Greater in number than.
  2. Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.

    "a supernumerary nipple; a supernumerary tooth"

  3. Of an organ or structure: additional to what is normally present.

    "a supernumerary nipple; a supernumerary tooth"

  4. Beyond what is necessary; redundant.

Anagrams of Supernumerary