SUPERNUMERARY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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

3.
n.

A person or thing beyond the number stated.

4.
n.

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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