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Supernumerary

Sū'per-nū'mer-a-ry, a.

adjective

a. [Prefix super and numerary; Lat. supernumerarius, Fr. supernuméraire, surnuméraire, Sp. supranumerario, It. sopranumerario.]

Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quantity; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.

Sū'per-nū'mer-a-ry, n.

noun

n. A person or thing beyond the number stated, or beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed to fill the place of another, as of an officer killed in battle, an actor upon the stage, or the like.