Supernumerary

Word SUPERNUMERARY
Character 13
Hyphenation su per nu mer a ry
Pronunciations /ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm(ə)ɹ(ə)ɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Supernumerary"

What do we mean by supernumerary?

Exceeding a fixed, prescribed, or standard number; extra. adjective

Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous: synonym: superfluous. adjective

One that is in excess of the regular, necessary, or usual number. noun

An actor without a speaking part, as one who appears in a crowd scene. noun

Exceeding a number stated or prescribed: as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

Exceeding a necessary or usual number.

A person or thing beyond the number stated, or beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person not formally a member of a regular body or staff of officials or employees, but retained or employed to act as an assistant or substitute in case of necessity. noun

Specifically— A military officer attached to a corps or arm of the service where no vacancy exists. Such an officer receives, in the United States army, the rank of brevet second lieutenant, or additional second lieutenant. noun

Theat., one not belonging to the regular company, who appears on the stage, but has no lines to speak. Often colloquially abbreviated super and supe. noun

A person or thing beyond the number stated. noun

A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle. noun

Exceeding the number stated or prescribed. adjective

Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous. adjective

A civil designation for somebody who works in a group, association or public office, without forming part of the regular staff; those distinguished from numerary. (For example, supernumerary judges are those who help the regular judges when there is a surplus amount of work.) noun

An extra or walk-on in a film or play; spear-carrier. noun

Extra; beyond the standard or prescribed amount. adjective

Greater in number than. adjective

Beyond what is necessary. adjective

A minor actor in crowd scenes noun

More than is needed, desired, or required adjective

A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).

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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Synonyms and Antonyms for Supernumerary

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The word "supernumerary" in example sentences

For as for that part which seemeth supernumerary, which is prophecy, it is but divine history, which hath that prerogative over human, as the narration may be before the fact as well as after. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Another supernumerary was the joiner, a rating only carried in the seventeenth century on great ships with much fancy work about the poop. ❋ John Masefield (1922)

The existence of the supernumerary was a puzzle, but Olbers solved it for the moment by suggesting that Ceres and Pallas, as he called his captive, might be fragments of a quondam planet, shattered by internal explosion or by the impact of a comet. ❋ Unknown (1904)

The rare phenomenon is known as a supernumerary phantom limb. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fraser-Moleketi said the word "supernumerary" was no longer used by government. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The first was the acceptance of "supernumerary" religious, that is of a larger number than the resources of the convent warranted; hence it was but just that the amount required for their maintenance should be demanded of them. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

It will be noticed that a point with which Ellen Key and the leaders of the new German woman's movement specially concern themselves is the affectional needs of the "supernumerary" woman and the legitimation of her children. ❋ Havelock Ellis (1899)

Doctors call the extra appendages "supernumerary" body parts and these can be found on some famous people in history. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This was the first solid, and happily reassuring, evidence I had that the point of signing up to be a supernumerary with the Met wasn't just to add verisimilitude to the street scenes but also to have fun. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

I see many writers here consider a two thirds supernumerary requirement to raise any taxes as a ‘problem’. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a way, the Royal Family of Jaipur makes certain of the Windsors look like supernumerary characters out of Cold Comfort Farm. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Old Trumble seems not to have risen above the picturesque cast of supernumerary Anglo-Irish clubmen extras in this admittedly exciting tale. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Emily, the future Mrs. George Cornelius Gooch, my great-great grandmother; her sister Olive, the future Lady Fergusson, and a good handful of other supernumerary daughters must all have been born in Adelaide. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Just read your article," she said, referring to Monday's column where I reported on my fitting for that night's performance as a supernumerary in "La Bohème." ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

But Bartlett can't have meant the display, the strutting of stuff, to make his verbal arguments look supernumerary. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus the amended name: "Eaarth," with the supernumerary "a," is a planet so profoundly altered by human hands (and tailpipes) that it requires a new name to "remind us how profoundly we've altered the only place we've ever known." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bethany is similar to a young Betty not angry yet -- remember she's the supernumerary who doesn't speak and just fills a role -- the role Betty played as Don's wife. ❋ Samantha Zalaznick (2010)

Bethany is similar to a young Betty (not angry yet) -- remember she's the supernumerary who doesn't speak and just fills a role -- the role Betty played as Don's wife. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[today's] [profit's] are supernumerary. ❋ KillaS United (2005)

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