supernumerary
A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of…A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
Meaning
5 sensesA person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.
внешта́тныйvneštátnyj
позашта́тнийpozaštátnyj
An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
- a minor actor in crowd scenes
- a person serving no apparent function
Translations
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Origin
From Late Latin supernumerarius (“extra soldier added to a legion; supernumerary”), from sFrom Late Latin supernumerarius (“extra soldier added to a legion; supernumerary”), from super (“above; beyond”) + numerus (“number; collection, quantity”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns or numerals). The word is analysable as super- + numeral + -ary.
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Forms
plural: supernumeraries| Singular | supernumerary |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- a minor actor in crowd scenes:spear carrierextra