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.