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supernumerary |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supernumerary \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supernumerary \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: supernumerary 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" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {redundant}, {spare}, {supererogatory}, {superfluous}, {surplus}] n : a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: {spear carrier}, {extra}]
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