Meaning of SUPERNUMERARY
| Pronunciation: | | `soopur'noomu`reree
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- [n] a minor actor in crowd scenes
- [adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
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| | Synonyms: | | excess, extra, extra, redundant, spare, spear carrier, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, unnecessary, unneeded |
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| | See Also: | | actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian | |
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\Su`per*nu"mer*a*ry\, a. [L. supernumerarius: cf.
OF. supernum['e]raire, F. surnum['e]raire. See {Super-}, and
{Numerary}, {Number}.]
1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a
supernumerary officer in a regiment.
2. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or
quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses;
supernumerary expense. --Addison.
\Su`per*nu"mer*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Supernumeraries}.
1. A person or thing beyond the number stated.
2. 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.
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