supernumerary

IPA: supɝnˈumɝɛri

noun

  • A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
  • (film, theater) 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.
  • (zoology) An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.

adjective

  • Greater in number than.
  • Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
  • (biology, specifically) Of an organ or structure: additional to what is normally present.
  • Beyond what is necessary; redundant.
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Examples of "supernumerary" in Sentences

  • He was appointed supernumerary in engineering.
  • There are supernumerary fairies, appearing in the books.
  • Supernumerary is an additional member of an organization.
  • He was a 'supernumerary', expected to learn the business.
  • He remains a supernumerary justice of the appellate court.
  • In 1901, he returned to Gloucester as Supernumerary Minister.
  • I will overcome all odds and uphold the prestige of a supernumerary.
  • The contexts operative may include additional supernumerary members.
  • That year he was declared supernumerary at the Methodists' annual conference.
  • Consequently, the duc d'Aumale was placed on the unemployed supernumerary list.

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