5. supernumerary a person who appears in a play, opera, etc., without speaking lines or as part of a crowd; extra.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < LL supernumerārius. See super -, numerary)
Definition of 'Supernumerary'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)supernumerary a personserving no apparent function "reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries"
2. (adj)supernumerary, spear carrier, extra a minoractor in crowd scenes
3. (adj)excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus 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"
4. (noun)Supernumerary 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 stagespectacle
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