Supernumerary
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:20 ptsWWF:24 pts13 letters
Definition of Supernumerary
Noun
- 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."
- An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
- Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
- An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
- A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
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