supernumerary

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  1. adjective Exceeding a fixed, prescribed, or standard number; extra.
  2. adjective Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous. See Synonyms at superfluous.
  3. noun One that is in excess of the regular, necessary, or usual number.
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  • So when I went to join the general staff at Rennes, I learned that my brother had been gazetted as permanent aide-de-camp, and I was only a supernumerary, that is to say temporary. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
  • Whatever had brought me for a walk-in role that turned into a spectacular if intermittent run as a supernumerary, it was an even richer and more variegated time in the life of the agency. —  F ;SF - vol 104 issue 06 - June 2003
  • While waiting to make our first entrance onstage in last year's production of "Boris Godunov" at the San Francisco Opera as a supernumerary, I kept finding myself standing next to the offstage childrens 'chorus because their voices were so exquisite and unweathered. —  Civic Center
  • The rare phenomenon is known as a supernumerary phantom limb. —  Unexplained Mysteries
  • I forgot to say that my old friend O'Driscoll had joined the ship as a supernumerary, and that I had once more with me my faithful companions in many an adventure, Nol Grampus and Tom Rockets. —  Hurricane Hurry
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  1. Latin supernumerārius : super, above; see super- + numerum, accusative of numerus, number; see nem- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French surnuméraire = Spanish Fg. supernumerario = Italian soprannumerario, from Late Latin supernumerarius, in excess, counted in over and above, from Latin super, above, + numerus, number: see number, numerary.
 

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