SUPERNUMERARY
\sˌuːpənjˈuːməɹəɹi], \sˌuːpənjˈuːməɹəɹi], \s_ˌuː_p_ə_n_j_ˈuː_m_ə_ɹ_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of SUPERNUMERARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.
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A person or thing beyond the number stated.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A person or thing beyond the stated, necessary, or usual number; especially, a person employed in a theatre as one of a mob, throng of guests, etc.
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Exceeding the number stated or required.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Being beyond a certain number; superfluous.
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A supernumerary person or thing; a stage performer without a speaking part.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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