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supernumerary

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1. supernumerary - Noun

2. supernumerary - Adjective

3. supernumerary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.

A person or thing beyond the number stated.

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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trying to lose excess weight Source: Internet

found some extra change lying on the dresser Source: Internet

yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant Source: Internet

skills made redundant by technological advance Source: Internet

sleeping in the spare room Source: Internet

supernumerary ornamentation Source: Internet

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